PHYSICOCHEMICAL, PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND HPTLC FINGER PRINTING OF EUGENIA JAMBOLANA

Abstract

Considerable literature on medicinal uses of Eugenia jambolana (Jamun) is available in the traditional as well conventional system of medicine. Jamun has been used in many traditional particularly Unani system of medicine since long. The present study aimed to standardize the crude drug “Eugenia jambolana” by doing qualitative and quantitative analysis of different extracts. Physic-chemical analysis (determination of loss on drying, determination of the pH value, swelling index, ash values, different extractive values and fluorescent analysis) was done on powdered of the seeds of the drug. The moisture content and the ash value were found within the recommended normal range. The value of different hot extracts (Petroleum ether, Methanol, chloroform and Aqueous) is more the cold extracts. Phyto-chemical screening revealed presence of protein, carbohydrate and phenols in aqueous extract while alkaloids and phenols are ruled out in methanol extract. HPTLC finger prints of methanolic extract shows different peaks confirming the presence of various constituents. Rf values indicates the presence of different chemical constituents like glycosides, tannins, proteins, triterpenes, saponins, steroids, and amino acids in the drug.