Phytochemical analysis of natural dye yielding plants

Abstract: Phytochemicals are naturally occurring chemical compounds in plants. They are commonly called as secondary metabolites. These compounds respond the medicinal properties and other valuable properties like dyes, milk latex, resins, gums secretion of the plants. The dyes are extracted from plants for various purposes. In this study we have selected fourteen dye yielding plants namely Lawsonia inermis L., Phyllanthus emblica L., Indigofera tinctoria L. Acacia concinna DC. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L., Beta vulgaris L., Murraya koenigii L., Eclipta prostrata Roxb. Citrus sinensis L., Aloe vera L., Coffea arabica L., Camellia sinensis L., Cassia auriculata L. Syzygium jambolana L. for the analysis of their phytochemicals. In the results all the plants showed positive response for many qualitative tests.

Keywords: Medicinal properties, Milk latex, Resins, Gums and Eclipta prostrata