The Journal of Phytopharmacology, 2018;7(6):477-479 ; DOI:10.31254/phyto.2018.7604
Quantifying phytophenols in Andrographis paniculata and Withania somnifera leaf extracts
Divisha R1 , Ranganathan V2 , Vijayakaran K3 , Elamaran A3 , Senthil Kumar P3
1. JRF, ICAR-NDRI, Southern Regional Station, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
2. Professor & Head, Department of Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology, VC&RI, Orathanadu, Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Tamil Nadu, India
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology, VC&RI, Orathanadu, Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Tamil Nadu, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 12th November, 2018 / Accepted: 28th December, 2018
Andrographis paniculata (Nilavembu) and Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) are some of the commonly available herbs, used for treating a wide range of ailments in man and animals. Both the plants possesses a wide spectrum of pharmacological effects attributed to their various active phytochemical constituents. The present study was undertaken to assess the qualitative phytochemistry and to estimate the total phenolic content of leaf extracts of the two plants by Spectrophotometry and Thin Layer Chromatography. The results thus obtained suggest that the leaves of Andrographis paniculata and Withania somnifera are potential sources of healthy phytochemicals especially phenols.
phenolics, thin layer chromatography, spectrophotometry.
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Divisha R, Ranganathan V, Vijayakaran K, Elamaran A, Kumar PS. Quantifying phytophenols in Andrographis paniculata and Withania somnifera leaf extracts. J Phytopharmacol 2018; 7(6):477-479.
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