PRELIMINARY PHYSICO-PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF STEM BARK OF ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS (L.) R. BR. – A MEDICINAL PLANT
AbstractAlstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br. is a plant of family Apocynaceae and has a great medicinal importance. It is widely used by tribal people to treat various diseases and ailments. The present communication deals with the organoleptic and preliminary physico-phytochemical studies of the stem bark of the plant. The organoleptic study was done according to the W.H.O. guidelines for medicinal plants. The physicochemical parameters viz. loss on drying, ash values and extractive values were calculated. Soxhlet extraction of the powdered plant material was done with 80% ethanol and then partitioned with petroleum ether, ethyl acetate and n-butanol subsequently. The percentage yields of different solvent fractions were calculated and then they were subjected to preliminary phytochemical screening which indicated the presence of alkaloids, carbohydrates, tannins, terpenoids, saponins, flavonoids, steroids and fixed oils and fats.
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1071-1075
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English
IJPSR
Nidhi Saxena* , P. N. Shrivastava and R. C. Saxena
Research Scholar, Department of Botany, S. S. L. Jain P. G. College, Vidisha- 464 001, Madhya Pradesh, India
02 December, 2011
03 March, 2012
29 March, 2012
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.3(4).1071-75
01 April, 2012
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