World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

STUDIES ON PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL, FLUORESCENCES AND MINERAL ANALYSIS OF ALBIZIA AMARA LEAVES

Dr. Sermakkani M.*, S. Indira Rani, V. Elakkiya and K. Kali Devi

ABSTRACT

Medicinal plants have been used for centuries as remedies for human and animal diseases because of their therapeutic values. Albizia amara is a potent medicinal plant which has important medicinal properties and traditional uses. It is locally known as 'Arappu' This plant is also known as "oil cake tree". The screening of preliminary phytochemical analysis of four different extracts (petroleum ether, acetone, ethanol and water). Among the four tested extracts, most of the phytonutrients were present in the water extract. Further study was carried out by using the leaf powder, ethanol and water extracts using fluorescence, minerals and FT-IR analysis. Fluorescence is an important phenomenon displayed by various phyto-constituents present in plant materials. Mineral elements also are headed in minute quantities for the proper functioning of the human system, health growth and development. FT-IR analysis confirmed the presence of different functional groups in this plant. The observed results of the leaf showed that the mineral content supported the traditional use of the plant. Elemental analysis affords them interesting the fluorescent analysis of powered drug plays an important role in the determination of quality and purity of the drug. Arappu is a common traditional plant, it is concluded in our findings, used as body coolant and antidandruff agent.

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