Volume: 55 Issue: 3
Year: 2024, Page: 644-650, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.3.644-650
Received: May 13, 2024 Accepted: Aug. 5, 2024 Published: Sept. 30, 2024
Ethnoveterinary medicine focuses on the practical use of community or area based traditional and indigenous knowledge including the collection, preparation and administration of medicinal plants or plant parts for curing diseases of animals. Hydnocarpus pentandra is a plant endemic to South India which is traditionally known for the antileprotic activity of its seed oil. Diverse pharmacological activities of the plant extracts depend on the presence of its secondary metabolites. The present research was conducted to explore the phytochemical constituents present in the acetone solvent extract of the seeds of H. pentandra. Preliminary phytochemical screening of the extract using colorimetric reactions revealed the presence of steroids, triterpenes, diterpenes, flavonoids, alkaloids and carbohydrates. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis revealed the presence of different compounds which included paromomycin, D-streptamine, carnegine, 4-propyl acridine and R-limonene. The acetone extract could be considered as a potent source of new molecules with different pharmacological actions.
Keywords: Hydnocarpus pentandra, phytochemical screening, secondary metabolites
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Manju, K.M., Madhavan Unny, N., Arun, G., Ajithkumar, S., Suja Rani, S. and Ramnath, V. 2024. Phytochemical analysis of acetone extract of seeds of Hydnocarpus pentandra. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 55 (3):644-650