Phytochemical screening of the ethanolic extract of some medicinal plants of chotanagpur plateau from jharkhand, india

Proteins, carbohydrates, alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, saponins, glycosides, phenols, steroids, phlobatannins and terpenoids distribution in seven medicinal plants belonging to different families were assessed and compared. The medicinal plants investigated were Alangium salvifolium (L.f.) Wang., Cassia fistula L., Cyperus rotundus L., Phyllanthus niruri L., Sida acuta Burm.f., Rumex vesicarius L., and Tridax procumbens L. phytochemical screening of these plants revealed the presence of medicinally active primary and secondary metabolites. Proteins, carbohydrates, phenols, glycosides, steroids, tannins, terpenoids and saponins present in all the plants, except the absence of alkaloid in Cyperus rotundus L., flavonoids in Alangium salvifolium (L.f.) Wang and Sida acuta Burm.f., Phlobatannin absent in all the plants respectively. The results obtained indicate that the crude drug extracts of the aerial parts and roots of the plant samples possesses pharmacological activities like antioxidants, antirheumatic, anti-inflammatory, antidiarrhoeal, antidysentric, spermatorrhoea, jaundice, laxative, leprosy, dropsy, gonorrhoea, menorrhegia, galactogogue ,dyspepsia, antidote and skin diseases etc. These supports the fokloric use of the plants in various ailments and diseases.