THE PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF Avicennia marina PLANT
E. KOWSALYA *
Department of Biotechnology, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Selaiyur, Chennai-73, India.
D. SHARMILA
Department of Biotechnology, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Selaiyur, Chennai-73, India.
R. KAMALAMBIGESWARI
Department of Biotechnology, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Selaiyur, Chennai-73, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The plant Avicennia marina is broadly used in traditional medicine for the treatment of various ailments. Therapeutic plants have been studied for phytochemical analysis since most of the biological activities are due to the presence of phytoconstituents. This paper deals with the phytochemical determination of Avicennia marina plant using various solvent extracts such as hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, methanol based on the polarity. Various tests were performed for analysis. The results revealed that all the extracts of the plant had a wide range of phytochemicals such as phenol, flavonoid, tannin, saponin, steroid, terpenoids.
Keywords: Phytochemicals, Avicennia marina, mangrove plant, extraction, flavonoids