STUDY OF ANTIOXIDANT AND PHYTOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF COMPOUNDS FROM Trigonella foenumgraceum and Trigonella Corniculata

Author(s): Diksha Kalia, Amita Sharma, R.K. Verma and Gaganpreet Kaur

Abstract: Bioactive compounds are gaining immense attention in the commercial sector owing to their enormous applications in myriad of industries. These include alkaloids, steroids, flavonoids, terpenoids, tannins etc. Numerous plants have been explored so far to obtain different types of phytochemicals. These compounds are used by the human beings as antioxidant, anti-microbial, anti-cancer, anti-hypersensitive. In the present study, Trigonella foenum-graceum (methi) and Trigonella corniculata (kasuri-methi) was used to extract different value added compounds to establish its nutraceutical potential. Its ethanolic extract was found to contain sugars, flavonoids, tannins, alkaloids, steroids but free amino acids were absent.

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