PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING ON THE FLOWERS AND RHIZOMES OF HEDYCHIUMFLAVESCENS CAREY EX ROSCOE

Abstract

Phytochemicals are non-nutritive plant chemicals that have protective or disease preventing properties for the plant. The screening of phytochemical constituents in rhizome and flowers of Hedychium flavescens were performed using generally accepted laboratory technique for qualitative determinations. The phytochemical screening showed that rhizomes were rich carbohydrate, starch, sugar, protein, cardiac glycoside, phenols, saponins, alkaloids, tannin, phlobatannin and terpenoids. Carbohydrate, ketose protein, phenols, saponins and terpenoids were present in flowers.