Abstract

A COMPARATIVE MECHANISM OF ANTIDIABETIC ROLE OF VARIOUS EXTRACTS OF BRUGURIERA CYLINDRICA L LEAVES

Revathi P.*, Jeyaseelan S., Thirumalaikolundu Subramanian P., Manickavasagam S., Prabhu N.

ABSTRACT

In the world, around 366 million people are affected by diabetes mellitus. India is facing diabetic explosion among 66.3 million people. Even the pharmaceutical industries providing a continuous supply of various updated and conventional types of drugs, the lowering of blood glucose level is questioning. As alternative various herbs are currently using. By keeping this scenario, the current study has its own objective to understand the qualitative analysis of antidiabetic components present in various leaf extracts of Bruguriera cylindrica. The methodology of this investigation was comprised with plant collection, its preliminary processing, sequential extraction procedures and qualitative preliminary phytochemical analysis. As a result, phytocomponents present on the leaves of B. cylindrica showed carbohydrate, protein, amino acids, lipids, fatty acids, fibre, alkaloids, flavonoids, tannin, triterpenoids, saponins, phenols/gallic acid equivalent, glycosides and lignin in all the four extracts. Cardiac glycoside was present only in ethanol extract, whereas volatile oil and steroids were present in hexane and chloroform extract which are known to exhibit medicinal activities. Further it is required to evaluate the specific action of various extracts verses antidiabetic activities.

Keywords: Bruguriera cylindrica, extraction, qualitative, phytocomponents.