Phytochemical Analysis of Leaves of Catharanthus roseus A. from Benoda of Warud Tahsil of Maharashtra State  

L. R. Giri¹ , S.V. Kolhe² and D. T. Tayade¹

¹Department of Chemistry, Mahatma Fule Art, Commerce and Sitaramji Chaudhari Science Mahavidyalya, Warud, Dist.:-Amravati (M.S.) - 444 906 (India).

²Department of Chemistry, Shivaji College Daryapur Road Akot, Dist.:-Akola - 444 101 (India).

ABSTRACT:

India is a rich storehouse of medicinal plants. All natural products can be termed bioactive molecules, as every diverse molecule possesses one kind or multiple kinds of biological oblique pharmacological activities. The beauty about Natural Products (Herbal Drugs) libraries is the uniqueness in their chemical structural diversity and innovativeness that in compasses varied biological actions. Herbal drugs played an important role in drug discovery and were the basis of most early medicines. The major role of this is also seen in ontological, antihypertensive, immunosuppression and metabolic diseases. Since ages passed over traditional systems of medicine have depended on natural products derived from plant sources. There is a tremendous historical legacy of folklore uses of the plants in medicine. They have been used for the treatment of diseases in almost all the ancient civilization. 80% world population for the health care throughout the world is used nearly only 4% medicinal plants, while only a small percentage of which have been chemically investigated. Today India is a formidable force in generic world pharmaceutical market in the last 20 years, Indian chemist have made great contribution in developing cutting edge technology of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Hence taking all these things into consideration it create sufficient interest to carry out phytochemical analysis of leaves of Catharanthus roseus A. from Benoda region, due to the important pharmaceutical and medicinal properties of Catharanthus roseus A.

KEYWORDS:

Benoda; Catharanthus roseus A; Phytochemical analysis

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