Original Articles
Sanjeet Kumar Singh and S. Sel
Abstract
It is now believed that nature has given the cure of every disease in one way or another. Plants have been known to relieve various diseases in Ayurveda and Siddha. Therefore, the researchers today are emphasizing on evaluation and characterization of various plants and plant constituents against a number of diseases based on their traditional claims of the plants given in traditional system of Indian medicine. Extraction of the bioactive plant constituents has always been a challenging task for the researchers. In this present study, an attempt has been made to give an overview of certain extractants and extraction processes of Hevea brasiliensis and is of interest to analyse the various phytochemical constituents of butyl alcohol, Acetone and Chloroformic extracts of Hevea brasiliensis. Our results indicate that the medicinal plant Hevea brasiliensis posses secondary metabolites such as flavanoids, alkaloids, tannins, cardiac glycosides and steroids etc., Therefore, it is of interest to investigate the phytochemical and the antibacterial effects of Hevea brasiliensis against E.coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsila pneumoniae