Volume: 39 Issue: 2
Seasonal phytochemical evaluation of Withania coagulans - An important medicinal plant of the Indian Thar desert
Year: 2017, Page: 83-87, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v39i2.Daiya
Received: April 4, 2017 Accepted: Oct. 30, 2017 Published: Dec. 31, 2017
Plant based medicines have gained much awareness in today's society due to their various well proven therapeutic effects with no or less side effects. This has provoked humans to go back to nature for safer herbal health solutions. The plant, Withania coagulans (Stocks) Dunal is such medicinal herb which is used to cure various ailments and under the category of folk medicines. A large numbers of phytochemicals have been isolated from this plant that are responsible for diverse pharmacological actions. The present investigation deals with the determination of seasonal (winter; summer and rainy) influence on phytochemical constituents (primary metabolites) parameters such as leaf pigments, osmotic potential (OP), proline, sugar, crude protein and phosphorus contents in W. coagulans. Results revealed that the higher amounts of Chl. a, carotenoids and crude protein were present during the summer season, while phosphorus content was evaluated in rainy season. Remaining analysed parameters were maximum during the winter months. All parameters were significant at >0.01 level.
Keywords: Indian Thar Desert, Leaf pigments, Proline, Sugar, Withania coagulans
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Kavita Daiya, Pawan K Kasera. 2017. Seasonal phytochemical evaluation of Withania coagulans - An important medicinal plant of the Indian Thar desert. J Med Aromat Plant Sci 39: 83-87.
