Volume : 11, Issue : 05, May – 2024
Title:
PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF Hylocereus polyrhizus PEEL (DRAGON FRUIT)
Authors :
K.N Venkateswara Rao *, Dakoji Sneha, Gadari Sumanth, Jukuri Ganga Bhavani
Abstract :
Dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) or pitaya is an exotic tropical plant that belongs to the family of Cactaceae. Dragon fruit is gaining popularity in the market for consumption of fresh fruit due to its highly attractive fruit colour with nutritional and immense bioactive potential that reduces blood sugar levels, cholesterol, prevention of liver injuries, cancer, etc. It became an interesting subject for many researchers mainly due to its unique taste, shape and the flesh colour. Dragon fruit own a range of beneficial biological activities against pathogenic microbes including bacteria, fungi and viruses, and diseases like diabetes, obesity, hyperlipidaemia and cancer. The red variety of dragon fruit has many pharmacological uses like anticancer, antioxidant, antiulcer, etc. The peel has various pharmacological activities reported but no phytochemicals are reported. Due to lack of this we uptaken to perform the preliminary phytochemical screening tests using 3 solvents maceration extraction procedures (water, water+alcohol-1:1, ethanol). Results have been reported and it is found that Ethanol is the suitable solvent for maximum extraction of pytoconstituents.
Key words: Hylocereus polyrhizus, tropical fruit, peel, phytochemistry, antioxidant, pharmacological studies, phytoconstituents.
Cite This Article:
Please cite this article in press K.N Venkateswara Rao et al., Preliminary Phytochemical Screening of Hylocereus Polyrhizus peel (Dragon Fruit)., Indo Am. J. P. Sci, 2024; 11 (05).
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