Abstract
Objective: The present study was performed to identify the phytochemical constituents of leaves and flowers of a plant Spermadictyon suaveolens extracted with four different solvents.Methods: Dried and powdered samples were subjected to soxhlation based on the polarity of the solvents. The extracts were scanned using Ultra Violet-visible (UV-Vis) spectrophotometry with the wavelength ranging from 200–800 nm by comparing the absorption spectrum with the spectra of known compounds, Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectrometry was used to find out the functional groups of the compounds and GC-MS system consisting of a Perkin Elmer Technologies Model Clarus 680 GC equipped with Clarus 600 (EI) was used to identify the metabolites by matching their recorded mass spectra with the standard mass spectra from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST05. LIB) libraries provided by the software of the GCMS system (TurboMass version 5.4.2).Results: The phytochemical tests indicated the presence of carbohydrates, alkaloids, flavonoids, phenols, tannins, saponins and terpenoids from the chloroform extract of leaves and flowers. UV-visible spectrophotometer results indicated a wavelength range between 230–660 nm for the flower and leaf extracts for major peaks. FT-IR analysis indicated major functional groups such as aromatic, primary, secondary and aliphatic amines, alkanes, carboxylic acids and amides. GC-MS analysis results revealed major bioactive compounds in the crude extracts.Conclusion: Presence of secondary metabolites has been identified from the phytochemical studies. Many phyto-compounds have been identified from the leaves and flowers of using GC-MS analysis. Hence, this medicinal plant may be used as a source for treating many diseases.
Highlights
Medicinal plants besides being used as a source of therapeutic agents contain an extensive range of chemical constituents which could be developed as drugs with few selective compounds
Insufficient pharmacognostic assessment of this astonishing plant has been done so far, The rationale and the key objective of the present study is to identify the phytochemical constituents present in leaves and flowers of the plant Spermadictyon suaveolens extracted with four different solvents based on the polarity
The leaves and flowers were subjected for phytochemical analysis to identify the presence and absence of carbohydrates, alkaloids, flavonoids, phenols, tannins, saponins, and terpenoids in Spermadictyon suaveolens
Summary
Medicinal plants besides being used as a source of therapeutic agents contain an extensive range of chemical constituents which could be developed as drugs with few selective compounds. They are the pools of useful chemical compounds which may serve as pointer and evidence for modern drug design [1]. Present phytochemicals in leaves, fruits, seeds, barks and roots of medicinal plants have a protective and resistant mechanism for various diseases. Phytochemicals contain both primary and secondary compounds. Alkaloids are considered as anaesthetic agents, inhibitors of microorganisms, antihypertensive effects and possess antimalarial activities which are mainly found in medicinal plants [4]
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