PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF Tamarindus indica L. AND Phoenix dactylifera L. SEEDS IN DIFFERENT SOLVENT EXTRACTS

Abstract

India is rich in medicinal herb, referred "Botanical Gardern of World". Plant products have been part of phytochemical since time immemorial.Phytochemicals are derived from many parts of the plants includes root, stem, bark, fruits and seeds. Phytochemicals from plants termed secondary metabolites. Richness of bioactive compounds in plants that possess many pharmaceutical properties like antioxidant, antitumor, anti-inflammatory, antiatherosclerotic, anti mutagenic, anti-carcinogenic etc. Due to population growth, formation of new disease condition that result in search of new drugs in plant resources apart from medicinal plants. Hence the present study was under taken to find out the preliminary phytochemical analysis of Tamarindus indica L. and Phoenix dactylifera L. seeds in different solvents like petroleum ether, methanol, ethanol extracts to find out the phytochemicals such as alkaloids anthroquinones, catechin, flavanoids, glycosides, phenolic groups, reducing sugars, saponins, tannins and terpenoids