Phytochemical screening

Mahran, G. H., H. A. Kadry, Z. G. Isaac, C. K. Thabet, M. M. Al-Aziziz, and M. M. El-Olemy. Investigation of diuretic drug plants. 1. Phytochemical screening and pharmacological evalu-... 

Gebre-Mariam, T., Y. Bekele, A. Hymete, and A. S. Nikoiayev. Comparative antimicrobial activity and phytochemical screening of some Ethiopian chewing sticks. Indian Drugs 1993 30(5) 225-229. 

Habib R, Rahman M, Mannan A, Zulfiker AH, Uddin ME, Sayeed MA. Evaluation of antioxidant, cytotoxic, antibacterial potential and phytochemical screening of chloroform extract of Phyllanthus acidus. International Journal of Applied Biology and Pharmaceutical Technology. 2011 2(1) 420-427. 

Jothy ST, Zuraini Z, Sasidharan S. Phytochemicals screening, DPPH free radical scavenging and xanthine oxidase inhibihory activihes of Cassia fistula seeds extract. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. 2011 5(10) 1941-1947. 

Phytochemical Screening of Delphinium ajacus and D. belladonna.—Egyptian workers22,23 have examined the seeds, flowers, leaves, pericarps, stems, and roots of D. ajacus L. and D. belladonna Kelw, growing in Egypt, for total alkaloids. They reported that the seeds contain ajacine (15) as the major alkaloid, as well as delcosine (delphamine) (21), monoacetyldelcosine (22), and ajacinoidine (no structure indicated). 

Extracts of V. africana are used to treat AIDS. Phytochemical screening revealed the presence of important antioxidant bioactive molecules such as tannins, flavonoids and phenols in bark extracts (S). They concluded that the antioxidant activity in this medicinal plant may be a contributing factor to its therapeuctic applications. Additional medicinal applications of Voacanga have been reviewed in relation to other African medicinal plants 3, 70). 

Mahran, G.H., H.A. Kadry, Z.G. Isaac, et al. 1991. Investigation of diuretic drugplants. 1. Phytochemical screening and pharmacological evaluation of Anethum graveolens L., Apium graveolens L., Daucus carota L. and Eruca sativa MiU. Phytother. Res. 5(4) 169-172. 

Hashemi, S.R., I. Zulkifli, M.H. Bejo, A. Farida, and M.N. Somchit. 2008. Acute toxicity study and phytochemical screening of selected herbal aqueous extract in broiler chickens. Int. ). Pharmacol. 4(5) 352-360. 

Nascimenlo, J.E., A.F.M. Melo, T.C. Lima E SUva, et al. 2008. Phytochemical screening and toxicological bioassay with brine shrimp larvae Artemia salina) of three medicinal species of the genus Phyllanthus (PhyUanthaceae). Rev. Cien. Farm. Basica Apl. 29(2) 143-148. 

Igbinosa OO, Igbinosa EO, Aiyegoro OA (2009) Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical screening of stem bark extracts from Jatropha curcas (Linn). Afr J Pharm Pharmacol 3 058-062... 

A. Aiyegoro, A.I. Okoh, Preliminary phytochemical screening and in vitro emtioxidant activities of the aqueous extract of Helichrysum longifolium DC. BMC Complement. Altem. Med. 10, 2-8 (2010)... 

The antioxidant and anticancer evaluation of Scindapsus officinalis (Roxb.) Schott fruits has been attempted to investigate its antitumor activity [29]. The collection and authentication of the plant material, mainly fruits, and their various extractions were done. Identification of plant s active constituents by preliminary phytochemical screening was carried out. An in vitro cytotoxic assay using the brine shrimp lethality assay with brine shrimp eggs (Artemia salina) at a dose of 1-10 pg/ml with the fmit extract was performed. 

Tiwari PKB, Kaur M, Kaur G, Jaur H (2011) Phytochemical screening and extraction a review. Int Pharm Sci 1(1) 98-106... 

Odebiyi 00, Sofowora EA (1978) Phytochemical screening of Nigerian medicinal plants. Lloydia/J Nat Prod 41 234-246... 

Phytochemical screening of the methanolic and aqueous extracts of the fruit and crown of Solanum Melongena revealed the presence of alkaloids, saponins, steroids, tannins/ phenolics, flavonoids, proteins and carbohydrates. Ascorbic acid and phenolics both which are powerful antioxidants were also present in fruit. The presence of saponins and glycoalkaloids protect the plant from microbial pathogens [23]. 

Siddesha, JM Angaswamy, N Vishwanath, BS. Phytochemical screening and evaluation of in vitro angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitory activity of Artocarpus altilis leaf , Nat Prod Res. 2011, 25(20), 1931-40. 

Kaur GJ, Arora DS (2009) Antibacterial and phytochemical screening of Anethum graveolens, Foeniculum vulgare and Trachyspeimum ammi. BMC Complement Altem Med 9 30. doi 10.1186/1472-6882-9-30... 

N. Gandhiraja, S. Sriram, V. Meenaa, K. Srilakshmi, C. Sasikumar, R. Rajeswari, Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity of the plant extracts of Mimosa pudica L. against selected microbes, Ethnobotanical leaflets, 13 (2009) 618-624. 

Introduction - As the search for new pharmacological proto-types continues, phytochemical screening programs and research efforts continue unabated throughout the world. Host of the screening effort has been directed toward the discovery of effective antitumor agents and, as a result, more potentially useful compounds have been discovered in this area than in any other, A good deal of research effort has been directed toward the proof of structure, as well as in synthetic efforts, of those novel compounds in order to more fully understand the biochemistry involved. 

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