PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF A MEDICINAL HERB CLEOME MONOPHYLLA L
P. Vijayashalini* and P. Abirami
ABSTRACT
The present study deals with the phytochemical analysis of a medicinal herb Cleome monophylla L. Hexane, chloroform, ethanol and aqueous extracts of the whole plant have been screened for qualitative and quantitative determination, the result revealed the presence of primary and secondary metabolites such as flavonoids, carbohydrates, protein and amino acids, phenols and tannins, glycosides, anthraquinones, quinones terpenoids and coumarins. All the extracts showed negative response to fatty acids. The aqueous extract showed negative response to alkaloids and saponins.
Keywords: Cleome monophylla, hexane, chloroform, alkaloids, phenols, tannins.
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