PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF GERMINATED AND FERMENTED BLACK RICE SEED ( Oryza sativa )

Dr. P. Vaijayanthimala, Dr. B. Sangameswaran, Harinisri Rajasekaran, Iniyan A . P. and Jagan V.

Herbal medicine has been a big part of traditional health care for ages, with around 75 80% of people around the world depending on it for their basic health needs. Lately, there's been a rise in utilizing herbal ex tracts and products in developed countries, and sales are expected to hit over $20 billion. So, this study is all about checking out the phytochemical constituents and anti diabetic effects of germinated and fermented black rice (Oryza sativa) and compare their efficacy . In this study, employed various method, such as collection and authentication of black rice seeds, preparing the fermented and germinated black rice, extracting phytochemicals using a hydroalcoholic solvent, and done some basic analysis on the phytochemicals. The result reveals that a variety of bioactive compounds were present, such as alkaloids, saponins, glycosides, reducing sugars, tannins, flavonoids, steroids, proteins, terpenoids, and fixed oils. In this study conclude that the hydroa lcoholic extracts from both germinated and fermented black rice seeds reveals a impressive phytochemical activity, validating their traditional use in herbal medicine. Oryza sativa were promising as a natural antioxidant, anti inflammatory, anti diabetic, and even anti cancer agent and their properties