Phytochemical screening and antioxidant activity of a edible, medicinally important plant taxa Mollugo pentaphylla L. (Molluginaceae)

Author(s): Debasree Ghosh, Prarthita Samanta, Amal Kumar Mondal and Sanjukta Mondal (Parui)

Abstract

Mollugo pentaphylla L. is a medicinally important plants in India. Many rural peoples are consumed this plants as a food mainly leaf and stem portion. But the other parts like stem and root of this plant is also has a great medicinal value. The objective of the present study to evaluate the identification of phytochemical constituents that are present on this plants. In qualitative analysis, the phytochemical compounds such as carbohydrates, proteins, polyphenols, carotenoid, ascorbic acid, alkaloid, tannin, flavonoid, glycosides, volatile oil etc. Besides this, these plants also have antioxidant potential in high concentration.

10.21746/ijbio.2016.07.009

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