Phytochemical screening of some pteridophytes from Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra

Authors

  • N. A. Madhav  Department of Botany, Abasaheb Marathe Arts & New Commerce, Science College, Rajapur, Maharashtra, India
  • S. D. Shaikh  Department of Botany, Abasaheb Marathe Arts & New Commerce, Science College, Rajapur, Maharashtra, India

Keywords:

Pteridophytes, chemical, medicinal importance, metabolites.

Abstract

Pteridophytes are resistant to microbial infection which may be one of the crucial factors for their evolutionary success and the fact that they lasted for more than 350 million years. The present study screened the phytochemical properties of ten pteridophytes. The parameters studied are Moisture, Ash, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Sulphur, Sodium, Zinc, Ferrous, Copper, Manganese, Molybdenum, and Boron. The study revealed the presence of many medicinally active constituents in ten species investigated, suggesting that several pteridophyte species have the potential to synthesis useful metabolites.

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2018-01-20

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Volume 5, Issue 1, January-February-2018

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N. A. Madhav, S. D. Shaikh, " Phytochemical screening of some pteridophytes from Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra , International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 5, Issue 1, pp.74-78, January-February-2018.