REVIEW - Phytochemical Screening and Extraction
INTERNATIONALE PHARMACEUTICA SCIENCIA
| Jan-March 2011 | Vol. 1 | Issue 1 |
Available online http://www.ipharmsciencia.com
©2011 IPS
REVIEW ARTICLE
Phytochemical screening and Extraction: A Review
ABSTRACT
Plants are a source of large amount of drugs comprising to different groups such as antispasmodics, emetics, anti-cancer, antimicrobials etc. A large number of the plants are claimed to possess the antibiotic properties in the traditional system and are also used extensively by the tribal people worldwide. It is now believed that nature has given the cure of every disease in one way or another. Plants have been known to relieve various diseases in
Ayurveda.
Therefore,
the
researchers
today
are
emphasizing
on
evaluation
Prashant Tiwari*, Bimlesh
Kumar, Mandeep Kaur, Gurpreet
Kaur, Harleen Kaur
Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Lovely School of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Phagwara,
Punjab
and
Date of Submission: 12-01-2011
Date of Acceptance: 22-02-2011
Conflict of interest: Nil
Source of support: None
characterization of various plants and plant constituents against a number of diseases based on their traditional claims of the plants given in Ayurveda. Extraction of the bioactive plant constituents has always been a challenging task for the researchers. In this present review, an attempt has been made to give an overview of certain extractants and extraction processes with their advantages and disadvantages.
Keywords: Medicinal plants, phytochemicals, extraction, solvent, screening.
INTRODUCTION
extracts. Such preparations have been popularly called
Plant-derived substances have recently become of
galenicals, named after Galen, the second century
great interest owing to their versatile applications.
Greek physician [2].
Medicinal plants are the richest bio-resource of drugs
Extraction methods used pharmaceutically involves
of
the separation of medicinally active portions of plant
traditional
systems
medicines, nutraceuticals,
of
| Jan-March 2011 | Vol. 1 | Issue 1 |
Available online http://www.ipharmsciencia.com
©2011 IPS
REVIEW ARTICLE
Phytochemical screening and Extraction: A Review
ABSTRACT
Plants are a source of large amount of drugs comprising to different groups such as antispasmodics, emetics, anti-cancer, antimicrobials etc. A large number of the plants are claimed to possess the antibiotic properties in the traditional system and are also used extensively by the tribal people worldwide. It is now believed that nature has given the cure of every disease in one way or another. Plants have been known to relieve various diseases in
Ayurveda.
Therefore,
the
researchers
today
are
emphasizing
on
evaluation
Prashant Tiwari*, Bimlesh
Kumar, Mandeep Kaur, Gurpreet
Kaur, Harleen Kaur
Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Lovely School of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Phagwara,
Punjab
and
Date of Submission: 12-01-2011
Date of Acceptance: 22-02-2011
Conflict of interest: Nil
Source of support: None
characterization of various plants and plant constituents against a number of diseases based on their traditional claims of the plants given in Ayurveda. Extraction of the bioactive plant constituents has always been a challenging task for the researchers. In this present review, an attempt has been made to give an overview of certain extractants and extraction processes with their advantages and disadvantages.
Keywords: Medicinal plants, phytochemicals, extraction, solvent, screening.
INTRODUCTION
extracts. Such preparations have been popularly called
Plant-derived substances have recently become of
galenicals, named after Galen, the second century
great interest owing to their versatile applications.
Greek physician [2].
Medicinal plants are the richest bio-resource of drugs
Extraction methods used pharmaceutically involves
of
the separation of medicinally active portions of plant
traditional
systems
medicines, nutraceuticals,
of
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