Abstract

SCREENING OF PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICALS OF ADIANTUM LUNULATUM BURM. - AN IMPORTANT PTERIDOPHYTE

John Peter Paul J*.

Abstract

The present study was concentrated to screen the preliminary phytochemicals of Adiantum lunulatum Burm. using four different solvent extracts such as methanol, acetone, benzene and hexane. The preliminary phytochemical analysis was followed by Harborne method. The preliminary phytochemical study of Adiantum lunulatum Burm. showed the presence of ten various types of secondary metabolites such as alkaloids, cardiac glycosides, coumarin, diterpenes, emodins, flavonoids, saponins, steroids, tannins and triterpenoids. From the observations, it was found that the different extracts of Adiantum lunulatum Burm. possessed the presence of a number of active secondary metabolites. Hence the present report may guide to the isolation and characterization of these active secondary metabolites for the bio-efficacy and bioactivity of Adiantum lunulatum Burm.

Keywords: Phytochemicals, Adiantum lunulatum, Harborne, Extracts, Metabolites.