Abstract

FLUORESCENCE AND FT-IR ANALYSIS OF LEAF AND FRUIT OF TRICHOSANTHES DIOICA ROXB

Dr. R. Kavitha*

ABSTRACT

The medicinal plants are considered to be most important in primary health care system of the developing countries and herbal drugs in the industrialized countries. The therapeutic property of a plant depends upon the physiologically active chemical compounds present in the plant parts employed in preparation of a medicine. In the present study fluorescence and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) analysis of leaf and fruit of Trichosanthes dioica carried out for characterization of the crude drugs and detection of functional groups in these parts of the plant. The fluorescence analysis showed that the crude drugs exhibited clear fluorescence behaviors at different radiation due to the presence of various phytochemical constituents after treated with different chemical reagents. Whereas FT-IT analysis showed different functional groups based on its peak ratio in the ethanolic extract of leaf and fruit of Trichosanthes dioica.

Keywords: Trichosanthes dioica, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Phytochemicals.