Abstract

PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF ROOT, STEM AND LEAF EXTRACTS IN RUBIA CORDIFOLIA L. AN IMPORTANT MEDICINAL PLANT

Sreenu Pendli, Samatha Talari, Gandhi Nemali and Seetaram Naik Azmeera*

ABSTRACT

Rubia cordifolia L., (Rubiaceae) commonly known as Indian Madder is an important medicinal plant used in Indian traditional medicine for curing various diseases. The present study was carried out to analyze the biologically active compounds present in Rubia cordifolia root, stem and leaf of various solvent extracts i.e. methanol, acetone, chloroform, petroleum ether and aqueous. The Phytochemical screening revealed that they were positive for anthraquinones, glycosides, flavonoids, steroids, phenols and saponins and were negative for alkaloids, tannins and quinones of all solvent extractions. The presence of these biologically active Compounds in R.cordifolia, a valuable medicinal plant support that this plant is being used as medicine for curing various diseases in traditional medicinal systems and can also be employed in the treatment of various ailments in modern medicine too.

Keywords: Rubia cordifolia, Phytochemical screening, Traditional medicine, Anthraquinones.