48 Pradeep A. et al. / International Journal of Biological & Pharmaceutical Research. 2014; 5(1): 48-50. e- ISSN 0976 - 3651 Print ISSN 2229 - 7480 International Journal of Biological & Pharmaceutical Research Journal homepage: www.ijbpr.com PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF SOME IMPORTANT MEDICINAL PLANTS Pradeep A 1 , Dinesh M 1 , Govindaraj A 1 , Vinothkumar D 2 *, Ramesh Babu NG 3 2 Assistant Professor, 3 Professor & Head, 1 Department of Biotechnology, Adhiyamaan College of Engineering (Autonomous), Hosur, Tamilnadu, India. ABSTRACT Plants are sources of large amount of drugs comparising to different groups such as Antispasmodics, Emetics, Anticancer and Antibacterial etc. This present study reports three different solvents extracts and aqueous prepared from four Indian plants belonging to different families collected from Adhiyamaan Botanical Garden krishnagiri district Tamilnadu. The preliminary phytochemical screening was performed from these extracts for the presence of Alkaloids, Tannins, Saponins, Phlobatannins, Flavanoids and Terpenoids. Result shows that the content of plants are below the toxic level for man. The presence of Alkaloids, Tannins, Saponins, Phlobatannins, Flavanoids, and Terpenoids in all these plants investigation indicates that they could be used in the treatment of burns and wounds. Finally the high Alkaloid Flavonoids and Terpenoids content of the plants suggest their antioxidant potential and justifies their therapeutic action which could be used in drug formation. Key Words: Phytochemical, Alkaloids, Tannins, Saponins, Phlobatannins, Flavanoids and Terpenoids. INTRODUCTION Generally plants play an important role in medicinal properties for both preventive and curative. Phytochemicals are the plant derived substances have recently become great interest owing to their versatile application. Medicinal plants are richest bioresource of drugs in traditional system of medicine and it also responsible for different colours, flavors and smell of plant. They also functions as medicaments. These medicinal values of plants lies in some chemically active substance, that produce a definite physiological action on the human body (Karunyadevi et al., 2009).There are thousands of species of medicinal plants used globally for the cure of different infections. These plants are used as antimicrobial agents and several works have been carried out by scientists to find out its scientific basis (Omotayo, 1998). Corresponding Author Vinothkumar D Email: vinoth.vinopaul79@gmail.com Since ancient times, people have been exploring the nature particularly plants in search of new drugs. This has resulted in the use of large number of medicinal plants with curative properties to treat various diseases. Nearly 80% of the worlds realizes on traditional medicines for primary health care, most of which involve the use of plant extracts. In India, almost 95% of the prescriptions were plant based in the traditional systems of Siddha, Unani, Ayurveda and Homeopathy. The study of plants continues principally for the discovery of novel secondary metabolites. Around 80% of products were of plant origin and their sales exceeded US $65 billion in 2003 (Patwardhan et al., 2004). In India is varietal emporium of medicinal plants and is one of the richest countries in the world in regard to genetic resources of medicinal plants. It exhibits a wide range in topography and climate, which has a bearing on its vegetation and floristic composition. Moreover, the agro-climatic conditions are conductive for introducing and domesticating new exotic plant varieties. (Martins et al., 2001). IJBPR