PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION ON TYLOPHORA SUBRAMANII HENRY (APOCYNACEAE) – AN ENDEMIC MEDICINAL PLANT SPECIES OF SOUTHERN INDIA

Abstract

Tylophora subramanii is used as traditional and folklore medicines for treating various diseases like fever, cold, cough, diarrhea, ulcer, external tumor, cut wounds and headache among the tribal belts of southern Western Ghats. In the present investigation carried out the ethnobotanical uses among the hill inhabitants of Western Ghats and preliminary screening of phytochemicals from various parts of the plant with different solvent extracts. The study revealed that various traditional uses of plant species for local ailments and the presence of various secondary metabolites such as alkaloids, flavonoids, phenols,terpenoids, tannins, glycosides and these components may have supported the medicinal properties of the plant species.