EXTRACTION AND ISOLATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM A THERAPEUTIC MEDICINAL PLANT –SENNAALATA (L.) ROXB

Abstract

A source of great economic benefit all over the world is medicinal plants. Some bioactive compounds that create a definite physiological action on the human body are of medicinal value to plants. Alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, and phenol compounds are the most essential bioactive (chemical) compounds for plants. The object of the present investigation was to examine the bioactive compounds of therapeutically effective Sennaalata (L.) Roxbhydroalcoholic leaf extracts.Different studies were performed in Sennaalata, i.e., thin layer chromatography, column chromatography, MASS spectroscopy, H¹ NMR, C¹³ NMR and FTIR spectroscopy. The results of the thin layer chromatographic analysis showed visible spots with different R_f values in different solvent systems and a strong response in hydroalcoholic extracts. Of the hydroalcoholic extract of Sennaalata, a total of eighteen compounds were eluted.