Phytochemical investigation of the ethanol, methanol and ethyl acetate leaf extracts of six cassia species

International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Veerachari, Usha ^a   Bopaiah, A K ^b  

^a JAIN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ST JOSEPH S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cassia species; Leaf extracts; Medicinal importance; Secondary metabolites; Solvents

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; ANTHOCYANOSIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CASSIA ALATA EXTRACT; CASSIA AURICULATA EXTRACT; CASSIA EXTRACT; CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT; CASSIA SERICEA EXTRACT; CASSIA SURRATENSIS EXTRACT; CASSIA TORA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; METHANOL; PHLOBATANNIN; SAPONIN; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CASSIA; CASSIA SERICEA; CASSIA SURRATENSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENNA ALATA; SENNA AURICULATA; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS; SENNA TORA;

CASSIA; CASSIA AURICULATA; SENNA ALATA; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 84869191438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09756299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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