Abstract

QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF PICRIS BABYLONICA

Hany Ezzat Khalil* and Anas Al Ahmed

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to assess the phytochemical constituents like; tannins, saponins, flavonoids, steroids, alkaloids, anthraquinones, and cardiac glycosides. The qualitative analyses were performed by the well-known protocols of both chemical and physical tests (including Infrared (IR) spectroscopy) available in the literature. The current study revealed that Picris babylonica is characterized chemically by the presence of different secondary metabolites such as flavonoids, saponins, triterpenoids/steroids, tannins and carbohydrates at different levels in different extracts of different plant organs and the absence of anthraquinones, cardiac glycosides and alkaloids in all parts of plant under investigation.

Keywords: Picris babylonica, Asteraceae, phytochemical and IR.