Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2016

Phytochemical screening of flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum L.)

Sarah Jane Monica, Dr. Maria Joseph

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 Extensive research investigation and exploration are now carried out on plant based derivatives such as fruit pulp, seed, leaves and flowers whose phytochemistry exposesinnumerabletherapeuticand curative properties thus gaining significant importance in field of modern medicine and therapeutics. The present study aims at exploiting the presence of various phytochemical present in fermented and unfermented/aqueous extract of flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum L.). The extracts were evaluated for the presence of phytochemicals such as terpenoids, alkaloids, glycosides, steroids, phenols, tannins, flavonoids and saponins by standard protocol. The result clearly revealed the presence of secondary derived plant metabolites such as saponin, quinones, terpenoids, phenols, steroids, coumarins and betacyanin in both the extracts.The total phenol content of fermented and aqueous/unfermented extract of flaxseed was found to be 4.5mg (GAE/gm) and 3.4mg (GAE/gm) respectively indicating that fermented flaxseed have higher phenol content.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijsr  

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Sarah Jane Monica, Dr. Maria Joseph Phytochemical screening of flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 5, Issue : 3 March 2016

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