European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF FAGONIA CRETICA LINN

Omer Abbas Mohamad Jahala* and Darien Omer Elmehina

ABSTRACT

Objectives: The study targeted the determination of the active components of Fagonia cretica linn February, 2013. Materials & Methods: Different methods were adopted in this study; The phytochemical tests were done according to the methods stated in phytochemical methods a guide to modern techniques of plant analysis. Plant material collection, identification. Plant collection and Identification: The Fagonia cretica plants were collected from uncultivated and waste areas of Shendi town near the Faculty of medicine and health sciences, University of Shendi, Sudan during January-February (2013). Then the plant samples were authenticated by the Herbarium staff, Department of Botany, Sudan national centre for research, Khartoum, Sudan. A voucher specimen was deposited in there for future reference. Results: The phytochemical screening yields :-The crude plant powder showed the presence of flavonoids, saponin, steroids,alkaloids, tannins, and absence of anthroquinone, cyanogenic glycosides and Cardiac glycosides. Conclusion: The coarse powdered plant yields the presense of flavonoids, saponin, steroids,alkaloids, tannins, and absence of anthroquinone, cyanogenic glycosides and Cardiac glycosides.

Keywords: Fagonia cretica linn, flavonoid, saponin, phytochemical.