Comparative analysis of primary metabolites of three medicinal plants.
Phebe G. T., Verma O. P., Charan A. A.
Author Affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Jacob School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (U.P.), India.
International Journal of Medical Sciences (Muzaffarnagar) 8 : 25-27
Abstract : The plants have long served as a major source of medicinal compounds. Medicinal plants are value added for the contents and the chemical composition of their active components. Therefore, the demand of plant based therapeutics has increased many folds because they are natural products, being non-narcotics, having no side effects and easily available at affordable prices. The goal of the present investigation was to estimate soluble sugar, chlorophyll, protein, lipids, phenols and starch from different plants. The highest amount of protein (46.87%), chlorophyll (1.63%) and starch (57.23%) was found in Mangifera indica, soluble sugar (68.75) and lipid (0.03%) was found highest in Moringa oleifera and the highest phenol (0.013%) was obtained from Psidium guajava.