ABSTRACT

Herbal plants are an important part of our natural wealth. They are the foremost therapeutic agents as well as valued raw materials for manufacturing various traditional and modern medicines. Organoleptic evaluation helps in the identification and authentication of the crude drug and also in detecting adulterants. It is based on stimuli received by the five organs of sense-odor or smell, taste, color, and how it is perceived, touch or feel, and sound. Physicochemical analyses were performed using WHO-recommended parameters, and fluorescence behavior of the leaf samples was also analyzed. The phytochemical analysis was carried out on the leaves of the Mimosa rubicaulis (Lam) plant extracted with increasing polarities of solvent like petroleum ether, Chloroform, ethyl acetate, ethanol, and aqueous solvents. The Proximate values for leaf of Mimosa rubicaulis (Lam) is majorly seen in Alcohol-soluble extractive value 10.32%. The qualitative analysis showed that contains tannins, glycosides, in some amount of alkaloids and carbohydrate, a major amount of Flavonoids and triterpene were seen in ethanol and ethyl acetate solvent. Quantitative Phytochemical Analysis carried out for the determination of Carbohydrates, Saponins, Alkaloids, and Flavonoids. Amongst them Flavonoids were seen largely in leaf extraction with ethanol 3.33 (w/w) and ethyl acetate 2.32 (w/w) solvent. The presence of a high amount of phytochemical compounds suggests that the Mimosa rubicaulis (Lam) plant has higher medicinal value and can be extensively studied to extract the natural compounds which are beneficial to human beings and that could be commercialized for higher production than using synthetic drugs with fewer side effects. Keywords: Mimosa rubicaulis (Lam), Phytochemical, Qualitative analysis, Quantitative analysis, Flavonoids
Publication date: 01/08/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.8.5569