PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION AND IN-VITRO ANTIOXIDANT STUDIES ON LEAVES OF “ODINA WODIER ROXB”
Pavithra T.* and Tamizh Mani T.
ABSTRACT
Odina wodier Roxb (Anacardiaceae) is a tropical tree commonly called as Indian ash tree. Its various parts is said
to possess medicinal property and used in Ayurveda and other ancient system of medicine for the treatment of
various ailments. Our present study deals with the finding of the phytochemical constituents present in odina
wodier leaf extracts. It was performed by generally accepted laboratory technique for qualitative determination. It
was observed that alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, steroids were present more in methanolic extract and were lesser
amount in ethyl acetate extract, petroleum ether extract and chloroform extracts. To ascertain the medicinal
properties of the plant and also to assess its anti-oxidant potential of methanolic leaf extract of odina wodier. The
results revealed that methanolic extract is mainly composed of oxygenated hydrocarbons and predominantly
phenolic hydrocarbons. These different active phytochemicals may be responsible for wide range of activities,
which may help in the protection against incurable diseases. The future In-vivo investigation should be carried out
to confirm the activity in animal models.
Keywords: Odina wodier, phytochemical screening and In-vitro antioxidant.
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