Abstract

STUDIES ON PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM L.

S. Gowri* and S. Beatrice Florence Febronia*

Abstract

Plants are the source of inspiration for novel compounds. When a plant is preferred as „medicinal‟ it is implied that the plant contains chemical substances which can be used for therapeutic purpose or it is a precursor for synthesis of useful drugs. The flower buds of clove have many medicinal properties like antiviral, antimicrobial, hypertensive aphrodisiac, carminative and anesthetic. In the present study, the proximate content, qualitative, quantitative, phytochemicals and antioxidant properties of S. aromaticum were analyzed by using standard methods. This investigation reveals that the phytochemicals such as alkaloids, saponins, flavonoids, tannins, terpenoids and anthroquinone were identified. Hence, the flower buds of S. aromaticum exhibit more bioactivities such as antibacterial, Antifungal and antioxidant activities were performed effectively.

Keywords: Syzygium aromaticum, therapeutic, phytochemicals, antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant.