Qualitative And Quantitative Phytochemical Screening of Secondary Metabolites in Terminalia Arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn

Present investigation deals with the qualitative screening and quantitative screening of secondary phytocompounds in bark of important medicinal crude drug Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight& Arn Qualitative phytochemical screening was carried out to identify the different classes of secondary metabolites in various chemical extracts such as methanol, ethanol, Petroleum ether, chloroform, acetone and water. Phytochemical analysis of the extracts proved the presence of secondary phytocompounds such as Alkaloids, Flavanoids, Saponins, lipid, Terpenoids, Tannins, steroids and starch. Quantitative phytochemical screening showed that total alkaloids and total tannin was more 18.2±3.65 mg/g and 16.07±0.02 mg/g in bark however total flavonoid was estimated in bark is 5.523±0.007mg/g and total saponin content is 4.612±0.010mg/g.