Authors : Ulhe P.P
Page Nos : 153-160
Description :
India is richest in biodiversity. Plants are mostly use in medicinal purposes. The medicinal plants use for
preparation of various drugs.The part of plant use for various purposes. The Jatropha curcas Linn. plant use
medicinally as well as biodiesel production. The seeds of this plant use for biodiesel productions. The morphological
and anatomical study of seed coat helps for seed identification process. The biochemical and phytochemical analysis
helps to detect the various chemical content in them. The preliminary phytochemical observations helps to detect
various chemical constituent like alkaloids, carbohydrates, reducing sugars, steroids, glycosides, flavonoids,
terpenoids, saponine, protein, tannins, amino acids, volatile oil or essential oil, phenol etc. The thin layer
chromatography technique shows the presence of amino acids in the Jatropha curcas Linn. seed sample. The
Isoleucine and DL-Threonine found in them. From this study the Jatropha curcas Linn. seed use for the production of
biodiesel which is economically benefited and other constituents also important for preparation of drugs for various
diseases. The alkaloid, tannin, flavonoids are found maximum quantity in seeds. The morphological and anatomical
observation also helps for taxanomical identification and variations in them.
