EVALUATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS IN ACORUS CALAMUS

Abstract

Medicinal plants possess phytochemicals which are the main sources of medicinal drugs having curative nature and maintain vitality of individual without toxicity. The tuber part of Acorus calamus was collected, powdered and extracted with ethyl acetate showed an average extractive value about 200 ml. Qualitative phytochemical analysis were done and showed positive result for sterols and tannins. Quantitative estimation of tannin had relatively showed higher optical density value 0.565 than sterol 0.045 while determined through standard methods. It was confirmed that tannin, a phenolic content might be the active principle since the plant possess it as higher content. Hence, it was concluded that the plants would exploit as novel drug which drives the future that maintained the health and vitality of disease affected individual.