Ethanolic Clerodendrum inerme leaf extract: UV, FTIR spectroscopy and phytochemical screening
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Ethanolic Clerodendrum inerme leaf extract: UV, FTIR spectroscopy and phytochemical screening
Abstract
One significant medicinal herb is Clerodendrum inerme. The plant is referred to locally as “bonjol” in Bangladesh. The current study examines the ethanolic seed extract of this plant using UV and FT-IR spectroscopy as well as phytochemical screening. The plant has anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-malarial, antidiabetic, and antioxidant qualities. A group of phytochemicals like flavonoids, terpenoids glycosides, phytosterols, etc. are all present in the extract according to phytochemical screening. Carbonyl group (ketone), α,β unsaturated amides, lactams, sulfur compounds, nitro compounds, flavones, fistins, quercetins, Sodium Salts of Quercetin 5′ Sulfonic Acid, myricetins, chalcones, flavonoids (anthocyanin type) are detected by UV and Fourier Transform and Infra-Red spectroscopy of the plant’s ethanolic leaf extract. The bioactive compounds mentioned above primarily contribute to the plant’s therapeutic properties.
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