2. Phytochemicals are chemical
compounds produced
by plants, generally to help
them resist fungi, bacteria
and plant virus infections,
and also consumption by
insects and other animals.
3. Types of
Metabolites
Primary
metabolites
Secondary
metabolite
Primary Metabolites
Required for growth and maintenance of
cellular function.
Same in every species.
Ex: Carbohydrates, vitamins etc.
Secondary Metabolites
Derivatives of primary metabolites.
Different in every species.
Produced in small amounts.
Eg: Phenolics, steroids, alkaloids,
flavanoids etc.
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Chemical evaluation
This covers screening,
isolation, identification and
purification of the chemical
components.
Chemical analysis of the drug
is done to assess the potency of
material in terms of its active
principles.
7. PRELIMINARYPHYTOCHEMICAL
SCREENING
Preliminary screening of phytochemicals is a
valuable step, in the detection of the
bioactive principles present in medicinal
plants and subsequently may lead to drug
discovery and development.
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Qualitative
phytochemical
screening
Quantitative
phytochemical
screening
9. FLUORESCENCE
ANALYSIS
The plant drug showed different colors
under day light and UV light (at 254
nm and 365 nm) after treated with
various chemical reagents.
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10. Alkaloid Determination
5g of the sample were weighed
into a 250ml beaker and 200ml of
20% acetic acid in ethanol was
added and covered to stand for 4
hours. This was filtered and the
extract was concentrated using a
water-bath to one quarter of the
original volume. Concentrated
ammonium hydroxide was added
drop wise to the extract until the
preparation was complete. The
whole solution was allowed to
settle and the precipitate was
collected by filtration and weighed
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Phase 2
Month, Year
Phenol Determination
For the extraction of the phenolic
component, the fat free sample was
boiled with 50 ml of ether for 15 minutes.
5 ml of the extract was pipette into a 50
ml flask, and then 10 ml of distilled water
was added, 2 ml of ammonium hydroxide
solution and 5 ml of the extract was
pipette into a 50 ml flask, and then 10 ml
of distilled water was added, 2 ml of
ammonium hydroxide solution and 5 ml
of concentration amyl alcohol were also
added. The samples were left to react for
30 minutes for color development. The
absorbance of the solution was read
using a spectrophotometer at 505 nm
wavelengths.
Flavonoid Determination
100g of the plant sample were
extracted repeatedly with100 ml
of 80% aqueous methanol at
room temperature. The whole
solution was filtered through
Whatman filter paper No. 42
(125mm). The filtrate was later
transferred into a crucible and
evaporated to dryness over a
water bath and weighed.
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11. Saponin Determination
The samples were ground. 20g of each plant
samples were dispersed in 200 ml of 20% ethanol.
The suspension was heated over a hot water bath for
4 hours with continuous stirring at about 55°C. The
mixture was filtered and the residue re-extracted
with another 200 ml of 20% ethanol. The combined
extracts were reduced to 40 ml over water bath at
about 90°C. The concentrate was transferred into a
250 ml separator funnel and 20 ml of diethyl ether
was added and shaken vigorously. The aqueous layer
was recovered while the ether layer was discarded.
The purification process was repeated. 60 ml of n-
butanol was added. The combined n-butanol
extracts were washed twice with 10 ml of 5%
aqueous sodium chloride. The remaining solution
was heated in a water bath. After evaporation, the
samples were dried in the oven to a constant weight.
The saponins content was calculated in percentage.
Tannin Determination
500 mg of the sample was weighed into 100 ml
plastic bottle. 50 ml of distilled water was shaken
for one hour in a mechanical shaker. This was
filtered into a 50 ml volumetric. flask and made up
to the mark. Then 5 ml of the filtrate was pipette
out into a tube and mixed with 3 ml of 0.1M FeCl3
in0.1N HCl and 0.008M potassium ferrocyanide.
The absorbance was measured in a
spectrophotometer at 120 nm wavelengths, within
10 minutes. A blank sample was prepared and the
colour also developed and read at the same
wavelength. A standard was prepared using tannin
acid to get100 ppm and measured.
Cont.
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12. CHROMATOGRAPHY
Separation, identification, and purification of
the components of a mixture
The three components of the
chromatography technique are:
Stationary Phase: It is composed of solid or
liquid component.
Mobile Phase: It is always composed of liquid
or gas component.
Separated Molecules
The individual components in the
mixture are partitioned between the
stationary and mobile phases. This
process allows the separation of
components in the mixture because
different components in the mixture
have different interactions with the
stationary and mobile phases.
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To identify and analyze samples for
the presence of trace elements or
chemicals.
Separation of compounds based on
their molecular weight and element
composition.
Detects the unknown compounds
and purity of mixture.
In drug development.
Applications
of
Chromatography
16. • Column Chromatography- Column,
HPLC, Ion exchange, UPLC, Affinity, Size
exclusion
• Planar Chromatography -TLC, Paper
chromatography
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Based on the
Geometry
17. ThinLayerchromatography
TLC can be used to help determine the number of components in a mixture, the identity of compounds, and
the purity of a compound.
For Non-volatiles samples
TLC consists of three steps - spotting, development, and visualization
Rf ꓿distance traveled by the substance ∕the distance traveled by the solvent.
Rf value is always between zero and one.
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Spotting Development Visualization
19. ColumnChromatography
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The main principle involved in column
chromatography is the adsorption.
It is a solid-liquid technique in which
the stationary phase is a solid &
the mobile phase is a liquid.
20. ColumnEfficiency
N= Number of theoretical plates
H= Height of a theoretical plate
L= Length of the column
.
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The higher the number of plates, the
more efficient the column.
21. High-performance liquidchromatography (HPLC)
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HPLC, is an analytical technique used to separate, identify or quantify each component in a
mixture.
HPLC is thus basically a highly improved form of column liquid chromatography. Instead of a
solvent being allowed to drip through a column under gravity, it is forced through under high
pressures of up to 400 atmospheres.
Mass spectroscopy (MS)-coupled HPLC technique that is LC-MS (liquid chromatography-mass
spectroscopy), in which the technique highly improves the sensitivity of detection.
22. GasChromatography
It is applicable to thermal stable substances, which are volatilized under the
temperatures employed.
GC technique applied for separation, identification.
Attached with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for quantification of components .
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23. Spectroscopy is the study of
the absorption and emission of
light and other radiation by matter.
Spectrometry is the measurement
of the interactions between light
and matter, and measurements of
radiation intensity and wavelength.
SPECTROSCOPY
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SPECTROMETRY
24. 1376 cm-1 (O-H bending; alcohol),
1085 cm-1 (C-O str; aliphatic ether),
779 cm-1 (C-H bending; 1,2,3 trisunstituted)
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Infrared
Spectroscopy
Infrared Spectroscopy generally refers
to the analysis of the interaction of a
molecule with infrared light.
25. AAS is an analytical technique used to
determine the concentration of metal
atoms/ions in a sample.
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Atomicabsorption
spectroscopy
During the atomic absorption spectroscopy process, these
atoms will absorb electromagnetic radiation at a specific
wavelength. This produces a measurable signal.
By looking at these signals, it is then possible to determine
the parts per million, or ppm, levels of specified metals in the
material.
How does Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy work?
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Mass
spectrometry
Mass spectrometry is an analytical tool useful for measuring the mass-
to-charge ratio (m/z) of one or more molecules present in a sample.
These measurements can often be used to calculate the exact molecular
weight of the sample components.
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IMPPAT is a manually curated database
which has been constructed via
digitalization of information from more
than 100 books on traditional Indian
medicine, 7000+ published research
articles and other existing resources.
IMPPAT captures three different types of associations:
(a) Indian medicinal plant- Phytochemical
(b) Indian medicinal plant- Therapeutic use
(c) Indian medicinal plant - Traditional Indian medicinal formulation
29. • (TKDL) is a pioneering initiative of India to
protect Indian traditional medicinal
knowledge and prevent its misappropriation
at International Patent Offices.
• Available in English, Japanese, French,
German and Spanish.
• TKDL is available to 13 Patent Offices (European
United State Patent & Trademark Office, Japan Patent Office, United Kingdom
Patent Office, Canadian Intellectual Property Office, German Patent Office,
Intellectual Property Australia, Indian Patent Office, Chile Patent Office,
Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia, Rospatent- Intellectual
Property Office of Russia, Peru Patent Office and Spanish Patent and
Trademark Office)
• As on date, more than 3.6 lakh formulations/
practices have been transcribed into the
TKDL database.
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30. Conclusion
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Medicinal plants are widely recognized to be of great health
importance.
The crude drug that reaches the market and pharmaceutical industry
must have some basic characteristics and quantity of active constituents
for their claim therapeutic potential.
The efficacy, safety and quality of medicinal plants are the main
concerns, which are highly dependent on the comprehensive analysis of
chemical components in the medicinal plants.
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Phytochemical screening not only helps to reveal the
constituents of the plant extracts and the one that predominates
over the others but also is helpful in searching for bioactive
agents.
Phytochemical analysis gives a good monitoring method of the
seasonal changes of the active constituents and during
cultivations and harvesting which assists in collecting the largest
amounts of the active constituents.