Abstract :
The present research was conducted to analyze
the phytochemicals and spectrophotometry of the hill toon,
Cedrela serrata Royle methanolic leaves extract and its
fractions. Various phytochemicals such as alkaloids,
carbohydrates (monosaccharides and disaccharides),
flavonoids, steroids (phytosterols), saponins, tannins,
phlobatannins, terpenoids, cardiac glycosides and
anthraquinones were present in the methanolic extract (ME)
as well as in fractions. Whereas monosaccharides and
phlobatannins were weakly present in ME and aqueous
fraction (AQF), while they were absent in case of n-butanol
fraction (NBF) and ethyl acetate fraction (EAF). ME
contained 5 compounds with first 2 compounds were present
in high concentration while the remaining 3 were present in
negligible concentration. They were absent in both AQF and
EAF, whereas NBF showed the same compound with high
concentration. In overall, the spectrophotometric analysis
confirmed that good separation of the compounds had
occurred among different fractions. The results concluded
that the C. serrata extracts showed significant phytochemicals
and spectrophotometric properties. It is suggested that
further research should be needed on C. serrata to find out its
active biological component.
