ABSTRACT

Traditionally many herbal medicines and medicinal plants have been used for treatment of diseases. Though plant and plant products are recognised as safe, a regular and wide spread use of herbs throughout the world has increased serious concern over their quality, safety and efficacy. Thus, a proper scientific evidence or assessment has become the criteria for acceptance of herbal health claims. In the present study, the phytochemical screening of Eichhornia crassipes flower extract was examined. Dried and powdered Eichhornia crassipes flowers were extracted with ethanol by hot continuous extraction in Soxhlet apparatus. The ethanolic extract of Eichhornia crassipes (EEEC) was subjected to phytochemical examination. The Preliminary phytochemical examination revealed the presence of alkaloids, phenolic compounds, tannins, flavonoids, sterols, terpenoids, glycosides, carbohydrates, proteins and amino acids. The phytochemical results obtained in this study clearly indicate that the bioactive compounds present in flowers of Eichhornia crassipes have effect in treating different diseases and could rationally justify the ethnobotanical uses in traditional medicine. Keywords: Eichhornia crassipes flowers, Phytochemicals, Ethanolic extract, Flavonoids
Publication date: 01/09/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.9.6110