BASIC CONCEPTS OF PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Dr. Rama Brahma Reddy D , Malleswari K**, Daveedu Ch, Jayanth D and P avan Kumar D.

ABSTRACT

Phytochemistry is the study of phytochemicals, which are chemicals derived from every part of the plant including
roots, stem, leaves, flo wers, fruits, seeds etc. Phytochemicals present in medicinal herbs and spices have used as
natural remedies against illness. The proper understanding of phytochemical is essential for drug discovery and the
development of novel therapeutic agents against d iseases. The extraction procedures are vitally important in the
analysis of phytochemicals. There are some conventional extraction method and advanced extraction method. The
modern development in the instrumental techniques of analysis and chromatographica lly methodologies has added
numerous complex and rare natural products to the armoury of phytomedicine. This paper mainly deals with the
new methods used in phytochemistry for the extraction of phytochemicals and their application.

Keywords: Phytochemistr y, Extraction, Spectroscopy, Chromatography, Quantitative analysis.