PHYTOCHEMICAL PROFILE OF Crinum defixum KER-GAWLER MEDICINAL PLANT LEAVES

The present study was carried out to isolation and characterization of total phytocomponents present in the Crinum defixum Ker-Gawler medicinal leaves, which is an important medicinal plant. Worldwide trends towards the utilization of natural plant remedies have created an enormous need for the use of medicinal plants. Different pharmacological properties of C. defixum Ker-Gawler have already been reported. The plant was extracted with various solvents in increasing order of polarity starting with n-Hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, acetone, ethanol, butanol and methanol. Thus, the present study was performed to investigate the preliminary phytochemical screening, isolation and characterization of total phytocomponents present in the C. defixum Ker-Gawler leaves using FT-IR, GC-MS, NMR and mass Spectral techniques and their biological activities.