Preliminary Studies on Phytochemicals of Solvent Extracts of Eichhornia crassipes Krishnamoorthy B.S.1,*, Dr. Nattuthurai N.2, Arunkumar K.3, Revathi T.4, Kamatchi S.4 1Assistant Professor, P.G. Dept. of Zoology, The Madura College, Madurai 2Associate Professor, P.G. and Research Dept. of Zoology, Vivekananda College, Madurai 3Dept. of Biotechnology, The Madura College, Madurai 4P.G.Dept. of Zoology, The Madura College, Madurai *Corresponding Author E-mail: drkrishna83@gmail.com
Online published on 29 August, 2014. Abstract Totally ten components (i.e) alkaloids, terpenoids, saponin, flavonoid, tannin, glycosides, phenol, steroids, reducing sugar and carbohydrates were tested with different solvent extract. The phytochemical tests result indicates that presence of alkaloid, terpenoids, flavonoids, tannin, phenols, steroid and carbohydrate in ethanol extract and absence of saponins, Glycosides and reducing sugar. In acetone extract indicates that terpenoid, tannins and steroid presence and absence of alkaloids, saponins, flavonoid, glycosides, phenols, reducing sugar and carbohydrate. In Aqueous extract, saponins, glycosides, steroids and reducing sugars were absent and rest of the components present. Top Keywords Eichhornia crassipes, Alkaloids, Flavonoids, Terpenoids, Tannins. Top |