Preliminary Phytochemical Screening and Quantitative Analysis of Methanol Leaf Extract of Erlangea tomentosa (Oliv. & Hiern) S.Moore (Asteraceae)
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2023
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Journal of Tropical Pharmacy and Chemistry
Abstract
Various medications are being developed using natural products, particularly those resulting from
medicinal plants. So, the screening and quantity analysis of phytochemicals in the methanol leaf
extract of Erlangea tomentosa were looked at to find out what chemicals in the plant were responsible
for its biological activity. Ten different phytochemicals, such as alkaloids, glycosides, cardiac
glycosides, flavonoids, saponins, coumarins, steroids, terpenoids, phenols, and tannins, were found by
the analysis. Glycosides and cardiac glycosides were below the limits, and neither phlobatannins nor
anthraquinones were found. Quantitative phytochemical analysis showed that there were 3.38
%(w/w) of total alkaloids, 2.19%(w/w) of total tannins, 1.81%(w/w) of total flavonoids, and
0.31%(w/w) of total saponins.
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Erlangea tomentosa, Phytochemistry, Quantitative analysis, Methanol leaf extract
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Mboneye, A., Onchweri, A. N., Neeza, T., & Odoma, S. (2023). Preliminary Phytochemical Screening and Quantitative Analysis of Methanol Leaf Extract of Erlangea tomentosa (Oliv. & Hiern) S. Moore (Asteraceae). Journal of Tropical Pharmacy and Chemistry, 7(1), 24-32. https://doi.org/10.25026/jtpc.v7i1.528