International Journal of Chemical Studies· 2020· Review
Qualitative tests for preliminary phytochemical screening: An overview
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Short summary
Conventional qualitative tests remain a popular and accessible method for the preliminary screening of phytochemicals in medicinal plants, despite the availability of modern techniques.
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Key points
- Medicinal plants possess pharmacological activities due to phytochemical constituents.
- Key phytochemicals include alkaloids, flavonoids, phenolics, tannins, saponins, steroids, and glycosides.
- Phytochemical identification can predict a plant's therapeutic value and pharmacological activity.
- Conventional qualitative tests are still popular for preliminary phytochemical screening.
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Abstract
Medicinal plants have been used in the treatment of various diseases as they possess potential pharmacological activities including antineoplastic, antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesics, anti-diabetic, anti-hypertensive, antidiarrheal and other activities. Phytoconstituents individually or in the combination, determine the therapeutic value of a medicinal plant. Alkaloids, flavonoids, phenolics, tannins, saponins, steroids, glycosides, terpenes etc. are some of the important phytochemicals with diverse biological activities. The pharmacological activity of a plant can be predicted by the identification of the phytochemicals. Currently, phytochemicals are determined by various modern techniques, but the conventional qualitative tests are still popular for the preliminary phytochemical screening of plants.
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Field: Biochemistry (Medicine)
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