Preliminary Phytochemical Analysis of Dioscorea bulbifera L.

Parashar Preeti | Solanki C.M

Abstract: In the present study, simple phytochemical screening procedures were carried out to find the various constituents present in the extract of petroleum ether, benzene, chloroform, acetone, ethanol of Dioscorea bulbifera L. tuber showing presence of Flavonoids, terpenoids, saponin, steroid and cardiac glycosides, carbohydrates. The plant tuber is used as ethnobotany and ethnoveterinary medicines in Nimar region.

Keywords: Dioscorea bulbifera, phytochemical screening, ethnobotany, ethnoveterinary, Nimar

Edition: Volume 5 Issue 10, October 2016,

Pages: 875 - 876