A REVIEW: DIFFERENT EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES ON PLANT ALKALOIDS

Natural products have achieved approval globally for assisting healthcare and also disease obstruction. Alkaloids are an important group of diversely distributed, chemically, biologically and commercially significant natural product which have various organic compounds that give different pharmacological activities. The most important and initial step in medicinal plant is extraction because the bioactive compounds need to be extracted from the plant and various techniques are involved like ultrasound assisted extraction, microwave assisted extraction, supercritical fluid extraction, solid phase extraction, liquid-liquid extraction, enzyme assisted extraction etc. alkaloids are obtained from plant, bacteria, fungi and animals. In this paper we gather information about plant alkaloids, classification of plant alkaloids with their different types of extraction techniques, chemical structure and biological sources. Natural products have achieved approval globally for assist healthcare and also disease obstruction. Alkaloids are an important group of diversely distributed, chemically, biologically and commercially significant natural product which have various organic compounds that give different pharmacological activities. Wide range of alkaloids is present in different parts of plants. Different parts have different types of pharmacological properties. Due to various pharmacological values and therapeutic use alkaloids one of the important phytoconstituent. The most important and initial step in medicinal plant is extraction because the bioactive compounds need to be extracted from the plant and various techniques are involved like ultrasound assisted extraction, microwave assisted extraction, supercritical fluid extraction, solid phase extraction, liquid-liquid extraction, enzyme assisted extraction etc. alkaloids are obtained from plant, bacteria, fungi and animals. In this paper we gather information about plant alkaloids, classification of plant alkaloids with their different types of extraction techniques, chemical structure and biological sources. This is helpful for the different extraction techniques for particular part of the plant to extract alkaloids. Alkaloids play an important in the defence systems against pathogens and animals. Therapeutic application of alkaloids includes anti-tumor, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, anti-malarial activities.