All forms of plants are naturally endowed with one or the other ethnomedicinal properties. Medicinal plants are the focus of modern scientific research due to their therapeutic properties and minimal side effects compared to synthetic drugs. The identified medicinal plants are extracted for biochemical screening and engineered for medicinal uses. Cissus Quadrangularis is a known ethno-medicinal plant rich in bioactive agents; however, as biodiversity and landscape of different regions dictate the quality and quantum of their medicinal values; attempt has been made to undertake a preliminary qualitative profiling of its secondary metabolites from the land of rising sun as the source. The fresh and young leaf and stem samples were collected and washed thoroughly with sterile double distilled water (DDW). About twenty grams of sterilized leaf and stem samples were taken and cut into small pieces and were left for shade drying. Finely cut parts of leaves and stems were placed in a 500 ml Erlenmeyer flask containing 50ml of sterile DDW. After that, the mixture was transferred to Soxhlet apparatus to derive extracts using different solvents- water, acetone, chloroform and methanol. The ethnomedicinal plant extracts were tested for phytochemicals using standard protocol. In this study, the secondary metabolites such as phenol, alkaloids, tannins and flavonoids were present in the various extract of C. Quadrangularis. This will pave the way for further studies and formulation of an effective medicine.
Ethnomedicinal, Cissus Quadrangularis, ethnomedicinal plant extract, phytochemicals.
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