Phytochemical Analysis of Some Medicinal Palnts

Plants represent cost effective and reliable source of antimicrobial compounds. These are basically secondary metabolites including flavonoids, phenols, quinones, tannins, coumerins, flavonols, flavones and phenolic acids, highlighting their potential as alternative remedies for controlling infections caused by microorganisms. Qualitative analysis of medicinal plants is useful in the identification of the phytochemical compounds present in them. During present investigation .ten medicinal plant parts were selected for qualitative and quantitative analysis of bio-chemicals, which include the leaves of Ocimum sanctum, Eucalyptus globulus, Moringa oleifera, Clitoria ternatea, Lantena camera, Achyranthus aspera, Murraya koenigii, Polyalthia longifolia and rhizome of Zingiber officinale and Curcuma amada. Those were subjected for solvent extraction using methanol and qualitative analysis of secondary metabolites was undertaken using well established techniques.