Phyto pharmacognostical and isolation of chemical constituents from bauhinia variegata leaf extract

Abstract

The pharmaceutical sector is focused on development of new drugs and plant based drugs through investigation of leads from traditional system of medicine Ayurveda which is being practiced for thousands of years. Bauhinia variegata is a species of flowering plant in the family fabaceae. The major chemical constituents of the plant was found to be flavone, 5,7-dimethoxy-30, 40-methylenedioxy flavone and a new dihydrodibenzoxepin,5,6-dihydro-1,7-dihydroxy-3,4-dimethoxy-methyldibenzoxepin, flavono glycoside, triterpene saponin, phenanthraquinone, flavonoids. Bauhinia variegata is found as chemoprotective antitumor activity, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, antioxidant and etc., in our present investigation we propose to isolate the major phytochemical constituents from Bauhinia variegata.