QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF TOTAL PHENOLIC & FLAVONOID COMPOUNDS OF MEDICINAL PLANTS JATROPHA GOSSYPIFOLIA AND TAGETES ERECTA
Dr. Renu Mishra* and Vijayta Saini
Abstract
Herbs have been in use since long time to treat various diseases.
Medicinal plants play an important role in the development of potent
therapeutic agents. Jatropha gossypifolia and Tagetes erecta are the
plants selected for the study. Jatropha gossypifolia plants belonging to
the family Euphorbiaceae is an insecticidal antibiotic used as toothache
and as a blood purifier. Tagetes erecta plant belonging to the family
Asteraceae is effective against piles, kidney troubles, muscular pains,
ulcers, wounds and earache. For quantitative analysis of
phytoconstituents present in both the plants extracts, total phenolic
compound (TPC) and total flovanoid compound (TFC) were
determined. Total TPC was determined by modified Ciocalteu method
and total TFC was determined by aluminum chloride method. Three
solvents acetone, methanol and water were used for TPC and TFC for both the plants. Results
show that in general methanol is better solvent for extraction of flovanoid and phenol in both
plants. The result obtained confirm the therapeutic potency of plant used in traditional
folkloric medicine and suggest that the plant extract possess compounds which are used in the
new drugs for the therapy of different diseases.
Keywords: Jatropha gossypifolia, Tagetes erecta, phytoconstituents, Phenol and Flovanoids.
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