The plant Solanum xanthocarpum is widely distributed in the Himalayan (IHR) especially in kumaun Himalayan regions of India. It possess various potential due to its medicinal properties. Based on preliminary reports, there is a lot of interest in using the roots of this plant for treating various disorders in indigenous system of medicine such as antifertility, antipyretic, anticancer, anti-allergy, anti-inflammatory, antihistamine, hypoglycemic, antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-fungal properties. The purpose of work is to study medicinally active substances present in ethanol extract, Aqueous extract and Benzene extract obtained from roots powder of Solanum xanthocarpum. Preliminary Phytochemical screening of the extracts revealed the presence of Alkaloids, Carbohydrates, Phenolic compounds, tannins, Saponins, Steroids and Flavonoids.
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K. Modi; N. Jatav, "Chemical Characterisation of Medicinally Important Solanaceous plant Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad & Wendl", Journal of Ultra Chemistry, Volume 14, Issue 1, Page Number 22-25, 2018Copy the following to cite this URL:
K. Modi; N. Jatav, "Chemical Characterisation of Medicinally Important Solanaceous plant Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad & Wendl", Journal of Ultra Chemistry, Volume 14, Issue 1, Page Number 22-25, 2018Available from: http://www.journalofchemistry.org/paper/578/