PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND COMPARATIVE ACCOUNT OF SOME FRUITING AND MEDICINAL PLANTS

Ritu Bharti, Shipra Shakya, Ranjana Roy Mishra*

Phytochemicals are naturally occurring bioactive compounds present in plant and have various therapeutic roles. Qualitative analysis is primary step for detecting the presence of major phytochemicals before quantitative and pharmacological studies. The present study focuses on comparative preliminary qualitative analysis of the three selected fruiting and flowering trees Carissa carandas, Gymnema sylvestre, Psidium guajava growing in Kalindi college campus, University of Delhi. Simple aqueous extract of fresh leaves were used to detect phytochemicals presence. Leaves were used for the present study because they easily available than any other part of plant. In the present study fresh as well as dry leaves were used for comparative phytochemical matrix. The plants with best results will be further examined.