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Abstract            Volume:4  Issue-5  Year-2016         Original Research Articles


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Preliminary phytochemical screening of ethanolic seed extract of Theobroma cacao (L.) and Coffee arabica (L.)
Geedhu Daniel1* and Sarun Mani2
1Department of Biochemistry, Pazhassi Raja College, Pulpally, Wayanad, Kerala, India
2Senior Technical Specialist, Sedeer Medical Services LLC, Doha, Qatar
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

Medicinal plants have bioactive compounds which are used for curing various human diseases and also play an important role in healing. The phytochemical analysis of the plants is very important commercially and has great interest in pharmaceutical companies for the production of the new drugs for curing of various diseases. Knowledge on the plant phytochemistry provides a fundamental use of plants as a reservoir of chemical agents. In the present study laboratory evaluations were made to qualitatively assess primary metabolites and secondary metabolites in ethanolic seed extracts of Theobroma cacao and Coffee arabica.The results obtained from the present study provides evidence that the extractscontain medicinally important bioactive compounds and this justifies the use of plant species as traditional medicine for treatment of various diseases.

Keywords: Qualitative, Phytochemical, Seeds, Theobroma cacao, Coffee arabica
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How to cite this article:

Geedhu Daniel and Sarun Mani. 2016. Preliminary phytochemical screening of ethanolic seed extract of Theobroma cacao (L.) and Coffee arabica (L.).Int.J.Curr.Res.Aca.Rev. 4(5): 197-209
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.20546/ijcrar.2016.405.020
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