Laboratory ofbioactive compounds and algal biotechnology (Lab. No. 9), Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004, India
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Online published on 25 April, 2016.
Medicinal and aromatic plants are potential source of raw materials used for manufacture of drugs and perfumery products. Primary metabolites are directly involved in growth and development of plants. In the present investigation, various plant parts and calli of Clerodendrum inerme and Clerodendrum phlomidis wers evaluated for their biochemical estimation of primary metabolites viz., total soluble sugar, starch, phenol, proteins and lipid using various methods. Both species of Clerodendrum varied in composition of their primary metabolites. Results showed that the maximum content of soluble sugar was found in leaves of C. inerme (69.8±0.83 mg/gdw), starch in leaves of C. phlomidis(47.2±0.48 mg/gdw), lipids in leaf part of C. inerme (55.0±0.67 mg/gdw), proteins in stem part of C. inerme (46.0±0.05 mg/gdw) and phenols in roots of C. phlomidis (47.2±0.48 mg/gdw). It further concludes that C. inerme and C. phlomidis plant parts are rich source of primary metabolites and can be used as raw material in industries.
Clerodendrum inerme, Clerodendrum phlomidis, metabolites, lvpids, phenol, proteins, starch, sugar
