Y C Pullanna¹ , Chinthakunta Nagaraju², Vallepu Rajani³ and R. R. Venkata Raju*
¹²Phytomedicine Division, Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthapuramu, 515 003
³Department of Biochemistry, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthapuramu-515 003
Sri Krishnadevaraya University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sri Krishnadevaraya University,
Ananthapuramu-515 003, India
*Corresponding author: rrvenkataraju@yahoo.com
Received: Aug 15, 2021 / Revised: Sept 25, 2021/ Accepted: Sept 29, 2021
Abstract
Strychnos colubrina L., a large, climbing shrub, belongs to Loganiaceae, represented by more than 200 species across the globe while with 7 and 5 species in India and the Eastern Ghats respectively. It is used by adivasis and rural communities in Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh for diarrhoea, dysentery, stomach disorders, tumours, mania, and chicken pox etc. This is rare and endemic to the forests and under-explored species. The present work is focussed on phytochemical screening and qualitative analysis which revealed the presence of active compounds in high concentration viz., alkaloids, flavonoids, steroids, catecholic compounds, phenols, reducing sugars, saponin, phytosterols, and tri-terpinoids. The folk claims especially on anti-diarrhoeal activity are justified with the help of rich phytochemical composition.
Keywords Strychnos colubrina, Phytochemical Screening, Anti-diarrhoeal activity.
How to cite this article:
Pullanna, Y.C., Nagaraju, C., Rajani, V., and Venkata Raju, R.R. (2021). Preliminary phytochemical screening and Anti-diarrhoeal activity of Methanolic root extract of Strychnos colubrina L. Science Archives, Vol. 2 (3),255-257.http://dx.doi.org/10.47587/SA.2021.2317
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