Journal of
Medicinal Plants Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Med. Plants Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0875
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMPR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 3834

Full Length Research Paper

Preliminary phytochemical analysis of canthopanan trifoliatus (L.) Merr

Ling-Yun Cai1,2,3* Feng-Xiang Shi2 and Xia Gao1,3
1Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637009, P. R., China. 2School of Environmental and Life Science, Kaili University, Kaili 556011, P. R., China. 3College of Life Science, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637009, P. R., China.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 22 June 2011
  •  Published: 09 September 2011

Abstract

Acanthopanan trifoliatus is a woody liane belonging to the family, Acanthopanax .The plant is widely distributed in China, Korea, Japan and Russia. It is used in the folk medicines of South-east Asia as a drug with ginseng- like activity. In the present study, the qualitative tests were conducted to know the presence of cardiac glycosides, anthraquinones, lactones coumarines, flavonoids, saponins, steroid or triterpenes, sugar and polysaccharides, phenolic and tannins, organic acid, alkaloids. Alkaloids were not detected in the plant. Moreover, the flavonoids were checked by thin layer chromatography (TLC).

 

Key words: Acanthopanan trifoliatus, phytochemical screening, thin layer chromatography (TLC).

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