Physico-chemical and preliminary phytochemical screening of roots of some species of Dashmoola

Abstract

Alkaloids, tannins, saponins, flavonoids, steroids, triterpenoids, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, phlobatannins and resin in the tree species of Dashmoola belongs to the different families were investigated and compared. The medicinal plants investigated are Aegle marmelos, Stereospermum chelonoides, Gmelina arborea. The samples are collected from eighteen months old plant. The plant extract is goes through the several qualitative analysis test to find out active constituents which are important in various ailments and drug development. The analysis of crude methanolic extract revealed the presence of flavonoids in all the extracts. The alkaloids are present in A. marmelos, S. chelonoides, while absent in G. arborea. The steroids, triterpenoids and saponins were not found in all the extracts. The significance of these plants in Ayurvedic medicines and the importance of chemical constituents were discussed with respect to the role in Dashmoolarist.