Kaustubh V. Gavali, Aspak M. Tamboli
Department of Pharmaceutics, Sahyadri College of pharmacy, Methwade Tal-Sangola Dist-Solapur, Maharashtra, India.
Akshay R. Yadav, Rohit S. Howal
Department of Pharmaceutical chemistry, Rajarambapu College of pharmacy, Kasegaon Tal-Walwa, Dist-Sangli, Maharashtra, India.
Preliminary Phytochemical Screening and HPTLC Fingerprinting of Leaf Extracts of Tectona grandis Linn
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Abstract
Tectona grandis Linn. (T. grandis Linn.) (Family- Verbenaceae) is one of the most famous timber plant in the world the leaves of the plant Tectona grandis Linn. were collected, powdered and extracted successively with different solvents. The extracts were subjected to preliminary phytochemical screening, which revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, carbohydrates, saponins, tannins, and steroids. The TLC and HPTLC techniques were used for qualitative determination of possible number of components in the various extracts. Solvent systems for all the extracts were optimized in order to get maximum separation on plate. Presence of various phytochemicals was confirmed by the use of different spraying reagents.