Phytochemical Screening, proximate analysis and antioxidant activity of Dracaena reflexa lam. leaves

Shukla, Alok Kumar; Vats, Swati; Shukla, Rishi

doi:10.4103/0250-474x.169035

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“…The proximate analysis of the plant extract was carried out to evaluate its moisture, total ash, protein and fat content. It is a very important technique for the product development and quality control or regulatory purposes in the food industry and also for the purity and quality test of crude drugs in pharmaceutical industry [30]. Our study results demonstrated that the methanolic plant extract had a low moisture content which indicates that the preservation period of the extract will be high as it is evident that moisture content in the range of 5-15% are good for formulating and also hinder the microbial growth [31].…”

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“…The secondary metabolites (phytochemicals) of a plant extract are responsible for the pharmacological actions of that plant or plant parts and thus estimation of those bioactive compounds may be used to treat chronic as well as infectious diseases [30]. Our study was an evidential approach to ascertain the mentioned pharmacological functions of L. sativus L. seeds and found to have the presence of alkaloids, carbohydrates, reducing sugar, flavonoids, terpenes, phenols, proteins and amino acids, and tannins in the plant extract.…”

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Phytochemical and pharmacological evaluation of methanolic extract of Lathyrus sativus L. seeds

Bhattacharjee¹,

Waqar²,

Barua³

et al. 2018

Clin Phytosci

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Background: Lathyrus sativus L. (Fabaceae) has long been used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of several ailments such as Scabies, eczema, and allergy. The aim of the study was to evaluate the phytochemical nature with Central Nervous System (CNS) depressant, analgesic, antipyretic activities of the methanolic plant extract of Lathyrus sativus L. seeds in different experimental models. Methods: Preliminary phytochemical screening and proximate analysis was carried out using different standard methods. CNS depressant activity was evaluated observing the effects of plant extract on Swiss albino mice using open field and hole-cross method. Acetic acid induced writhing and formalin induced paw licking methods were used for the appraisal of analgesic activity while 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) induced pyrexia model was used to investigate the antipyretic activity. The data were analyzed by one way ANOVA followed by Dunnett's test using SPSS (version 20). Results: The phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of wide range of phytoconstituents in the plant extract. Our investigation demonstrated that the methanolic plant extract significantly (p < 0.001) decreased the locomotor activity of mice in open field and hole-cross method at both the tested doses (200 and 300 mg/kg) which were comparable to the standard drug diazepam (1 mg/kg). The plant extracts significantly (p < 0.001) inhibited the writhing induced by acetic acid in mice to 87.09% and 80.65% (200 and 300 mg/kg respectively) compared to the standard indomethacin (70.97%). The extracts (200 and 300 mg/kg respectively) also significantly (p < 0.001) reduced the writhing to 43.39%, 64.15% in early and 46.15%, 97.44% in late phase of formalin-induced licking and biting. In 2,4-DNP induced pyrexia the extracts exhibited protection at 200 and 400 mg/kg, similar to standard drug aspirin at 150 mg/kg. Conclusion: The results demonstrated that the plant extract has potential CNS depressant, analgesic and antipyretic activity.

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Phytochemical and pharmacological evaluation of methanolic extract of Lathyrus sativus L. seeds

Bhattacharjee¹,

Waqar²,

Barua³

et al. 2018

Clin Phytosci

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“…Total phenolic content could be regarded as an important indication of antioxidant properties of plant extracts 18 . Tannins are major source of phenolic compounds and are good radical scavengers and antibacterial agents 19 . It has been confirmed that consumption of phenolic rich foods or beverages prevent diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, inflammation, arthritis, immune related diseases, neurodegenerative diseases and diabetes.…”

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2018

IJPSR

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The rhizome of Tectaria cicutaria has been used in Indian traditional medicine for the treatment of various disorders. Different extracts of the rhizomes of Tectaria cicutaria were subjected to phytochemical analysis, anti-microbial activity and in-vitro anticancer activity. The in-vitro anticancer activity was performed using Sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay against various cancer cell lines namely Human Leukemia Cell Line (K562), Human Nasopharyngeal Cancer Cell Line (KB), Human Colon Cancer Cell Line (HT29) and Human Colon Cancer Cell Line (Colo205). Phytochemical analysis confirmed the presence of bioactive compounds. The total phenolic contents (TPC) and total flavonoid contents (TFC) of ethanolic extract was found significantly higher and showed antimicrobial activity against Proteus vulgaris. Out of the various extracts and cell lines used for studying anticancer activity, the ethanolic extract showed excellent anticancer activity against Human Leukemia Cell Line (K562) with GI 50 value 11.9 µg/ml. The present work has for the first time, tried to elucidate the activity of different extracts of Tectaria cicutaria on human cancer cell lines.

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“…In this study, the addition of Dracaena angustifolia leaves aqueous extract to milk toffee was responsible to the accumulation of reducing sugars. Dracaena angustifolia leaves are source of sugar as its powder consists of 86.01% carbohydrates and part of it is sucrose (Shukla et al, 2015). Sucrose is abundant in plants (Suwarno et al, 2015).…”

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Texture, Color, Vitamin C and Reducing Sugar Content of Milk Toffee Added with Dracaena angustifolia Leaves Aqueous Extract as Natural Colorant

Evanuarini

Utama

Jaya

2020

JITEK

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The leaf of Dracaena angustifolia has been used widely not only as natural food colorant but also as a natural source of vitamin C. The objective of this study was to obtain the best addition level of Dracaena angustifolia leaves aqueous extract as natural food colorant for milk toffee based on its effect on texture, color, vitamin C and reducing sugar content. Milk toffee was formulated with different addition levels of Dracaena angustifolia leaves aqueous extract as treatment; 3%, 4%, 5%, 6% on weight/milk volume basis, and compared to control (0%). Higher addition level of Dracaena angustifolia leaves aqueous extract to milk toffee resulted in higher (P<0.01) L*, a*, b* values, and softer texture. Vitamin C and reducing sugar content were increased by the addition of 4% extract. However, there were no further differences on vitamin C and reducing sugar content when the addition level was increased up to 6%. Therefore, among treatments, the highest addition level used in this study (6%) is suggested as the best addition level according to texture, color, vitamin C content and reducing sugar content of milk toffee. The addition of natural food colorant, which contains antioxidant, e.g. Dracaena angustifolia leaves aqueous extract, also promotes the diversification of milk toffee.

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Phytochemical Screening, proximate analysis and antioxidant activity of Dracaena reflexa lam. leaves

Cited by 24 publications

References 15 publications

Phytochemical and pharmacological evaluation of methanolic extract of Lathyrus sativus L. seeds

Phytochemical and pharmacological evaluation of methanolic extract of Lathyrus sativus L. seeds

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Texture, Color, Vitamin C and Reducing Sugar Content of Milk Toffee Added with Dracaena angustifolia Leaves Aqueous Extract as Natural Colorant

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