World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA LEAF EXTRACT COLLECTED FROM Dr. V. S. KRISHNA GOVERNMENT DEGREE COLLEGE CAMPUS

Dr. CH. S. Anuradha*, Y. J. Bhargavi Kaliswari, CH. Hemanth and V. Bhagyasri

ABSTRACT

Medicinal plants possess bioactive components called phytochemicals which are administered for treating various human ailments. Phytochemicals are of two categories i.e., primary and secondary constituents. Primary constituents include proteins, chlorophyll, sugar and amino acids. Secondary constituents contain alkaloids and terpenoids. Medicinal plants have antifungal, antibacterial and anti-inflammation activities because of these phytochemicals. The aqueous extract of leaf samples of the medicinal plant Andrographis Paniculata is collected from agricultural lands of S.Kota. This extract is used for the phytochemical screening with an objective to check the presence or absence of the phytochemical constituents in the selected plant. The results of the phytochemical analysis of the plant leaf extract shows that the terpenoids, tannins, reducing sugars, flavonoids and alkaloids are found to be present in aforementioned medicinal plant. The key phytochemical properties identified by this study will be very helpful to pharmaceutical industries for the fabrication of the novel drugs for treating various diseases.

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