QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE PHYTOCHEMICAL TEST OF RICINUS COMMUNIS
Chaitali Patil1, Dr. Vivekanand Katare*1, Mrs. Abhilasha Delouri1, Mr. Prabhat Kumar Jain 2
ABSTRACT
Ricinus communis L. (Castor oil plant) is an annual or perennial shrub belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. The aim of present work to carried out extraction, phytochemical analysis and quantitative study of various phytoconstituents using UV Vis. Spectroscopy. Total phenolic content was estimated by gallic acid and expressed as milligrams of gallic acid equivalent (GAE). All the extracts contained a considerable amount of phenolic contents of GAE/g of extract. Flavonoid content was calculated from the regression equation of the standard plot (y=0.02x+0.020, R2 =0.997) and is expressed as quercetin equivalents (QE). Total Flavonoid content was 0.165mg/100mg quercetin equivalent in HERC. Flavonoids are the most common and widely distributed group of plant’s phenolic compounds. Ricinus communis is rich in flavonoid, phenols and various compounds. It shows that the presence of such bioactive compounds have medicinal importance. As a promising source of bioactive compounds, it can be an excellent source of useful drugs. It will obviously be due to high contents of the phytochemicals in the Hydroalcoholic extract.
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