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Comparative Efficacy and Potency of Various Extracts of Rhizomes and Leaves of Alpinia allughas

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2017.20191
Sonali Sethi
Department of Chemistry, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar-263 145, India
Om Prakash
Department of Chemistry, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar-263 145, India
A.K. Pant
Department of Chemistry, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar-263 145, India

Corresponding Author(s) : Om Prakash

oporgchem@gmail.com

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 29 No. 2 (2017): Vol 29 Issue 2

Abstract

The extract of dried rhizomes and leaves of Alpinia allughas was partitioned with different solvent system by increasing their polarities (petroleum ether, hexane, dichloromethane and methanol). All the extracts were tested for there phytochemical make up and revealed to the presence of secondary metabolites like steroids, terpenoids, alkaloids, glycosides, saponins, phytosterol, etc. The phenolic content and flavonoid content were found maximum 348.18 mg/g GAE (gallic acid equivalent) and 52.82 mg/g CNE (catechin equivalent) quantitatively, respectively in methanolic extracts of leaves, whereas o-dihydric phenol content was found maximum 54 mg/g CLE (catechol equivalents) in rhizomes extract. The results thus revealed that this herb is a big repository of phytochemicals. The greater correlation coefficient among these parameters in leaves as compared to rhizomes of Alpinia allughas indicated the potency of leaves for usage as drug in indigenous system of medicine and for the development new molecules.

Keywords

Alpinia allughas Phytochemicals Leaves Rhizomes Correlation
Sethi, S., Prakash, O., & Pant, A. (2016). Comparative Efficacy and Potency of Various Extracts of Rhizomes and Leaves of Alpinia allughas. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 29(2), 341–345. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2017.20191
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