Authors : L. Katre, V. Bhongade, A. Balki
Page Nos : 10-12
Description :
Latex is a milky sap present in the plants. Nearly 6% of all vascular plant species are recognized as constructing laticifers. The role latex is not known with certainty. The latex is widely used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food industry as in paper, textile and petroleum industry. The present paper deals with phytochemical analysis of latex obtained from Ficus racemosa L., Ficus hispida L.f., Ipomoea cornea Jacq. and Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Van Royen. Phytochemical analysis carried out for the presence of secondary metabolites, namely alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenoids, cynogenic glycosides, phenolics and saponins.
