PHARMAGNOSTIC POTENTIALITIES OF CEROPEGIA BULBOSA ROXB. VAR. LUSHII (GRAH.) HOOK.F.: AN ENDANGERED PLANT FROM THAR DESERT, RAJASTHAN, INDIA

Abstract

Plants are important source of medicine and drugs, they contain many bioactive constituents that produce definite physiological and biochemical
actions in the human body. Medicinal plants are great importance to the health of individuals and play a significant role in traditional and modern
drug system. Ceropegia bulbosa Roxb.var. lushii (Grah.) Hook.f. is one of the medicinally important and endangered plant (Asclepiadaceae), reported
from some places of Rajasthan. The aim of present study was to determine the preliminary phytochemicals and bioactive components using standard
analytical procedures and Perkin-Elmer Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry of the whole plant in three extracts i.e. methanol, chloroform and
hexane. The mass spectra of the compounds found in the extract was matched and compared with the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) library. Methanol and chloroform extract shows better results as compared to hexane extract. This investigation conclu des that extract of this
plant contains various biologically active constituents and justifies its use for noval drug development.