Abstract
PHYTOCHEMICAL, ANTIOXIDANT AND CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITY OF SOLVENT EXTRACTS OF HEDYCHIUM SPICATUM (LEAF)
Puja Jena and Sunita Bhatnagar*
ABSTRACT
Hedychium spicatum is a rhizomatous crop belonging to family Zingiberaceae. Solvent leaf extracts of the plant
were explored for phytochemical analysis, cytotoxic and antioxidant activity. Four solvent extracts were prepared
these were hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts. Leaf extracts exhibited the presence of
secondary metabolites like alkaloids, terpenoids and tannins. Methanol extract was rich in phenolics content.
Antioxidant activity of ethyl acetate and methanol extract was comparable to the standard Ascorbic acid. However,
extracts showed mild cytotoxic activity (<50%).
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