QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF LAGENARIA BREVIFLORA
Abstract
Qualitative and quantitative phytochemical screening of LagenariaBreviflora was carried out to
see how the plant can help in phytomedicineT.he ethanolic extract of the plant was subjected to
different Phytochemical test to test for alkaloid, flavonoid, saponins, tannins, anthraquinone,
phenol, sugar and glycoside and it was carried out using standard method. The research
revealed that alkaloidhas 26.00%, tannins has 6.384% , saponins has 28.00% , flavoneids has
14.00% , glycoside has 9.220% , and phenol has 2.481 %, anthraquinone was not detected in
the plant. It can be deduced from this research that the Lagenaria breviflora plant is a prospective
alternative to synthetic drugs in preventing and treating disease in man.
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