PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF THE TOTAL AND SUCCESSIVE EXTRACTS OF TRIUMFETTA FLAVESCENS HOCHST GROWING IN EGYPT

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1 Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University

2 Natural Product Unit, Desert Research Center

Abstract

The preliminary phytochemical screening of Triumfetta Flavescens revealed the presence of flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, terpenoids and sterols, carbohydrates, saponins, glycosydes, protein and amino acids, cardiac glycosides, coumarins and resins and absence of anthraquinones.
The percentage yields of the successive extracts were also determined and showed that the highest percentage was in methanol fraction (8.36%) while the lowest one was in ethyl acetate fraction (0.92%).

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