Abstract

PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING IN LEAF EXTRACTS OF CASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA (Vahl) GROWN IN DIFFERENT SOIL TREATMENTS

Kistamma Singanaboina*, Venkateshwar Chinna, Suman Kumar Ratnampally,Vineeth Damera

ABSTRACT

Medicinal plants possess unlimited and untapped wealth of chemical compounds with high drug potential which make these plants useful as sources of biomedicines. The plant Cassia angustifolia have been of keen interest in phytochemical study due to its excellent medicinal values. The present study was carried out to investigate the phytochemical profile of leaves of above plant grown in three different treatments. Plants were grown in three exposures i.e., black soil, heavy metals containing cadmium 10ppm, chromium 20ppm, nickel 16ppm and in another set calcium hydroxide is added to the soil. The plants were grown up to the productivity levels. The leaf powder dissolved in different solvents of Petroleum ether, Chloroform, Acetone, Methanol and Water. The phytochemical screening has shown the presence of Flavonoids, alkaloids, glycosides, phenols, quinones, steroids, saponins, tannins, resins, Xanthoproteins in their maximum and minimum presence. The result of the study could be useful for description and foundation of monograph of the plant.

Keywords: Medicinal plants, phytochemical screening, Cassia angustifolia.