| Abstrakt: |
Catharanthus roseus, Madagascar periwinkle has an undaunted spirit with marvellous and manifold property to combat against the disease. In traditional and herbal medicine, the periwinkle has been used in prevention of diabetes, cancer, stomach-ache, malaria, sore-throat, eye-irritation, skin problem, kidney, liver, cardiovascular disease, relieving muscle pain, depression also used for applying to wasp stings and heal wounds. Root paste is used in septic wounds, root decoction is used in fever, leaves are used in menorrhagia, leaf juice is used in blood dysentery. Many drugs, flavouring agent, beauty and food products are sold today comprised of naturally produced compounds called secondary metabolites. Thousands of years, medicinal plants have been used as safe therapeutic in worldwide. Now a day's Pharmaceutical companies start processing of medicinal plants by using extraction of active components. In this study plant parts like leaves of Catharanthus roseus L. (Alba) were air dried and powdered separately. Varieties of flavonoids and phytosterols isolated by TLC. Dried plant leaves extract of flavonoids and phytosterols are dissolved in 10mg/ml ethanol and take 3 to 3.5ml sample for GCMS analysis. According to GCMS analysis of plant sample we have found some novel compound named Hentriacontane, 1-Heptacosanol, Ethyl 9 hexadecenoate, 2,6 octadien, Trimethylsilyl ester, Ethyl oleate, Ethyl nonadecanonoate, 9,10 Anthraquinone etc. having ant-inflammatory, anti-microbial and anti-diarrheal property which are useful in drug making for various disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
