Abstract
The present study was carried out to investigate the phytochemical profile of Incarvillea emodi and Malva neglecta. The two plants were screened for the presence of nine different classes of bioactive compounds. The qualitative tests were performed on the aerial and underground parts of the selected plants to relate the presence of phytochemicals with bioactivities of the plants. The selected plant material was extracted with three different solvents. These extracts were then subjected to phytochemical screening and the presence of various phytochemicals was confirmed by different standard confirmatory tests. Most of the phytochemicals were found to be present. Results showed that the underground parts of Incarvillea emodi contain comparatively greater number of phytochemicals than the aerial parts. Whereas, in case of Malva neglecta the aerial parts showed more positive results than the underground parts. The current study offers proof for the presence of important bioactive compounds in the studied plants and recommends isolation and characterization of these compounds in the future.
Highlights
Natural products derived from green inheritance provide lead compounds in the development of new drugs all over the world (Pal and Shukla, 2003)
In order to promote the use of herbal medicines and for the determination of their potentials, the studies of medicinal plants should be more intensified especially those used as folk medicines (Ali, 2001; Nair ‘’et al’’ 2005)
Collection and identification of plant material I. emodi was collected from village Salhad-Abbottabad while M. neglecta was collected from Shimla Hills, Abbottabad district Abbottabad Khyber Pakhtunkhwa a Provine of Pakistan
Summary
Natural products derived from green inheritance (phytochemical) provide lead compounds in the development of new drugs all over the world (Pal and Shukla, 2003). Incarvillea emodi (Royle ex Lindl.) Chatterjee is a wild herbaceous plant of genus Incarvillea and family Bignoniaceae found mainly at high altitudes of the western Himalayas. It is mainly distributed in India, Afghanistan, Nepal and Pakistan (Verma ‘’et al’’ 2008). It is locally known as Kaur (Ijaz ‘’et al’’ 2018) It prefers to grow in rock crevices and is sparsely found due to erosion of its natural habitat. M. neglecta is native to almost all of Europe and is found in China, Pakistan and India It is traditionally eaten fresh as a leafy vegetable or used as decoctions. It is locally known as Sonchal (Rahim ‘’et al’’ 2016) in Pakistan
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