Qualitative phytochemical analysis of Allium sativum (Garlic) and Curcuma longa (Turmeric)

Abstract

The present study involves the qualitative phytochemical analysis of two different medicinal plants: Allium sativum (Garlic) and Curcuma longa (Turmeric) locally available in Pantnagar, region of Uttarakhand. Garlic and turmeric are very renowned medicinal plants for their versatile pharmaceutical properties. Garlic benefits rank only second to turmeric benefits in the amount of research about these superfoods. Plants show medicinal properties as they contain phytochemical constituents. Phytochemical constituents are non nutritive plant chemical that have disease preventive properties. Isolation of bioactive compounds from the plants depends mainly upon the solvents which are used for extraction. In our study, we have used water and ethanol as solvents. The aqueous and ethanolic extract samples were used for the phytochemical analysis. These extracts were used for qualitative preliminary phytochemical analysis using standard chemical tests. The results from the present study indicates the presence of proteins, phlobutanin, ketones, phenolic compounds, cardiac glycosides flavonoids, alkaloids and tannins.