Pushpa Topno* & Kunul Kandir
University Department of Botany, Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Received : 01st June, 2023 ; Revised : 02nd July, 2023
DOI:-https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12206804
Abstract– The present study was aimed physico chemical and preliminary phytochemical screening of Eleusine coracana Gaertn. (leaves and seeds), Plumeria rubra L. (stems), and Semecarpus anacardium L. (leaves and stems) which are used in the rituals of Munda tribe of Khunti district. The powdered drug of leaves, seeds and stems were subjected to determination of moisture content, ash value and extractive value. The result of analysis shows that the moisture content (66.69 ± 0.052, 78.90 ± 0.01, 57.44 ± 0.00, 56.87 ± 0.014) respectively. Total ash value is (18.75 ± 0.014, 5.72 ± 0.016, 13.19 ± 0.018, 16.21 ± 0.02, 8.23 ± 0.016) respectively. The aqueous extractive value is (6.76 ± 0.047, 1.66 ± 0.058, 6.86 ± 0.05, 6.14 ± 0.032, 4.54 ± 0.047) respectively which is higher than the ethanolic and methanolic extractive value. Therefore aqueous extract is used for phytochemical screening. The phytochemical screening shows the presence and absence of alkaloids, reducing sugar, fat and oil, tannin and phenol, flavonoids, saponin, resin, amino acid, steroid and glycosides.
Key words: physico chemical, phytochemical screening, rituals, Munda, Khunti
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