Abstract

PRILIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL STUIDES OF HYDROALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF SAUROPUS ANDROGYNUS LEAVES

Deepu Raveendran*, Jolly Samu and Anju Thomas

Abstract

Sweet leaf is one of the most popular, leaf vegetables from India to Malaysia. One such plant is Sauropus androgynus locally available has been used in traditional system of medicine, commonly consumed leafy vegetable. It is rich in Vitamin C, vitamin K, vitamin A, polyphenols and flavanoids. On the basis of use of leaves in Ayurveda for the treatment of CNS disorder and presence of bioactive flavonoids, Extraction and preliminary phytochemical studies of Sauropus androgynus revealed the presence of Alkaloids, Carbohydrates, Flavonoids, Saponins, Steroids and Proteins. Hence the present work is intended to study preliminary phytochemical studies.

Keywords: Sauropus androgynus(SA) Leaves, phytochemical, traditional medicine, bioactive flavonoids.