Isolation, Identification and Characterization of Some Phytochemicals Present in Cadaba Farinosa Stem Bark Extract

Salaudeen AA¹*, Dangoggo SM², Faruq UZ² and Mshelia HE^3
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Abdu Gusau Polytechnic Talata Mafara, Zamfara State, Nigeria
²Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria
³Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria
*Corresponding Author: Salaudeen AA, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Abdu Gusau Polytechnic Talata Mafara, Zamfara State, Nigeria.

Published: March 10, 2025

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Abstract  

Cadaba farinosa leaves are used in Ayurvedic medicine to cleanse snake bites, as well as for fevers, as a laxative to eliminate intestinal parasites, and to cure diabetes (Jefferson et al., 2014).

The powdered sample extraction was carried out according to method described by El-Mohmood (2009). Serial exhaustive extraction was carried out by maceration using solvents of increasing polarity with the aid of separating funnel containing 500 g of the stem bark. The extract was subjected to phytochemical screening in other to identify the various classes of phytochemicals using the methods described by Jarvis, (2020). The screening was done to identify alkaloids, saponins, flavonoids, tannins, phenols, carbohydrate, proteins/ amino acids, triterphenoids/ steroids and anthraquinones.

The result of the phytochemical screening is presented in Table 1. The methanol extracts contain all the phytochemicals screened except anthraquinone.

Keywords: Cadaba Farinosa; Phytochemical Screening; Maceration

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