Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Pavan Goyal, DB Mondal, S Dey, KP Singh, SK Dixit, AG Telang, S Mehrotra and SK Maithi

Abstract:
Carica papaya and Andrographis paniculata are the well-known medicinal plants in the world. The powdered dried leaves of Carica papaya and whole plant of Andrographis paniculata were subjected to extraction by columnar Soxhlet extraction apparatus and extracted by three different solvents such as aqueous, absolute ethanol and hydroethanol (1:1) with standard protocol. The highest yields were obtained from the aqueous (16% and 13.5%), followed by hydroethanolic (14.24% and 12.75%) and lowest from absolute ethanolic extracts (12% and 11.1%) of Carica papaya leaves and Andrographis paniculata plant material, respectively. Alkaloids, saponins and tannins were present in ethanolic and hydroethanolic extracts but they were absent in aqueous extracts of Carica papaya leaves and Andrographis paniculata plant material. Phenolic compounds, cardiac glycosides and flavonoids were present in aqueous, ethanolic and hydroethanolic extracts whereas carbohydrates (reducing sugars) and steroids were absent in all these extracts of both plants. The presence of these phytoconstituents in the extracts of these plants indicate that they can be used medicinally.