Quantitative phytochemical analysis of Ten Medicinal Plants of Patna district

Abstract

In the present study,10 medicinally important plant species were screened for their phytochemicals quantitatively by using ethanolic extracts from their selected plants parts. All the medicinal plants selected for the study contained significant amount of phytochemicals like alkaloids, flavonoids, phenols, saponins and Tannins. The amount of flavonoids was maximum in comparison to other phytochemicals in all the ten medicinal plants. In Azadirachta indica and Syzygium aromaticum the amount of flavonoids was highest in their ethanolic extract (47.75 QE and 47.35 QE and respectively), followed by Anisomeles indica and Bauhinia variegata (45.35 QE and 44.47 QE respectively), and Oxalis corniculata and Ocimum sanctum contains the same amount of flavonoid (42.75 QE), Solanum nigrum, Coriandrum sativum, Terminalia bellirica, and Citrus sinensis (41.35 QE to 40.55 QE).