Phytochemical analysis for Basella alba

Abstract

Abstract:In nature, there are many underutilized greens of promising nutritive value, which can nourish the ever increasing human population. They have remained underutilized due to lack of awareness and popularization of technologies for utilization. People's diet offers a greater and more diverse group of plant bioactive than do drugs, and they often do not realize that many drugs are derived from the compounds originally discovered in plant foods. They play an important part in maintaining general good health owing to the presence of nutritional and phytochemical property. All these substances help to protect the body process on which vitality and good health depend. They also contain an immense variety of bioactive nonnutritive health promoting factors as antioxidants phytochemicals, essential fatty acids and dietary fiber. The objective of these study was to determine the phytochemical compounds of flavonoids and phenolic acids present in B.alba used for the treatment of diabetes, malaria and pneumonia by TLC method.