1Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, India
2Pharmacognosy and Ethnopharmacology Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: choudharynamrta@gmail.com
**Address for correspondence: Namrta Choudhary, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, India
Online published on 29 May, 2014.
Phytochemical screening is an important step which leads to the isolation of new and novel compounds. Solvent extract of the plant material with the help of different solvents such as n-hexane, chloroform, alcohol and aqueous revealed that in alcohol and aqueous solvent maximum extract yield obtained in all studied parts. Phytochemical screening analysis of the extracts revealed presence of tannins, phenolics, flavonoids, alkaloids, terpenes and steroids in most parts. In qualitative analysis, leaf showed presence of all tested phytochemicals followed by the stem and aerial root of T. cordifolia.
Extractive yield, Phytochemical, Qualitative analysis, Tinospora cordifolia
