PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND SCREENING OF PAW PAW LEAVE, BARK AND STEM EXTRACTS AS MEDICINAL PLANT CANDIDATE IN MAIDUGURI, BORNOSTATE.
Abstract
Plants provide pharmacological important substances for treatment of many illnesses since time immemorial. Preliminary phytochemical screening is a vital step to detect and isolate bioactive constituents who may lead to provide ecofriendly environment and help in novel drug discovery. This study was design to investigate the phytochemical screening of various solvents extract of different parts of Carica papaya. Phytochemicals, also known as bioactive constituents are secondary metabolites of plants which have medicinal uses. Alkaloids, flavonoids, steroids, saponin, tannin, glycosides are bioactive constituents present in Carica papaya commonly known as papaya plant. Papaya has not only nutraceutical value, it has potential medicinal properties also. The crude extract obtained from the leaves, and peel of Carica papaya in various solvents like chloroform, acetone, ethanol, and aqueous extracts were subjected to phytochemical screening. The test conducted for qualitative determination of different metabolites was done using analytical standard. The phytochemical screening revealed the presence of alkaloid in the extract of leaf and will be helpful for pharmaceutical industry in discovery of novel drug.
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