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VOL. 9, ISSUE 12 (2024)
Preliminary qualitative and quantitative phytochemical analysis of fruit extract of Cascabela thevetia and their antioxidant property
Authors
Kabilan Muralidharan, Prince Paul, Vedham Pushpa Rani, Veeramuthu Duraipandiyan, Deon David
Abstract
The phytochemicals present in various plant materials have proven
biological properties. Phytochemicals are essential secondary metabolites
present in plants which possess various biological properties. Phytochemicals
such as alkaloids, phenols, terpenoids, tannins, flavonoids, steroids and
glycosides are responsible for the biological properties of plant extracts. In
order to explore the biological properties, it is necessary to screen the
phytochemicals present in the plant extracts using various qualitative and
quantitative phytochemical analysis. The chloroform and ethanolic fruit
extracts of Cascabela thevetia were subjected to qualitative and
quantitative phytochemical analysis. The chloroform extract of Cascabela
thevetia fruit found to have a greater number of phytochemicals when compared
with ethanolic fruit extract. In the quantitative phytochemical analysis, the
chloroform extract was found to have more flavonoids and phenols. To analyse
the antioxidant property of fruit extracts, DPPH radical scavenging activity
was performed and the chloroform extract showed 31.46% antioxidant activity at
highest concentration whereas the ethanol extract showed 24.18% activity at the
same concentration. Hence from this study, it was observed that the fruits of Cascabela
thevetia proved to be a good antioxidant agent.
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Pages:16-19
How to cite this article:
Kabilan Muralidharan, Prince Paul, Vedham Pushpa Rani, Veeramuthu Duraipandiyan, Deon David "Preliminary qualitative and quantitative phytochemical analysis of fruit extract of <i>Cascabela thevetia</i> and their antioxidant property". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 9, Issue 12, 2024, Pages 16-19
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