Phytochemical Analysis of Tinospora cordifolia (Wild) stem grown in Kanha Shanti Vanam Heartfulness Centre, Hyderabad and its Antioxidant properties

Abstract

There is a need for scientific validation of the claim that wild species of medicinal plants are more potent than cultivated plants. Tinospora cordifolia is a prominent medicinal plant used for diverse pharmacological activities. Current study evaluates Pharmacognostical and phytochemical analysis, total flavonoids, as well as the antioxidant activity of T. cord folia’s stem extract collected from Kanha Shanti Vanam. Hyderabad. The stem powder was extracted by a method involving the usage of 96% of ethanol and evaporated by a rotary evaporator to obtain the extract. Physiochemical, microscopic, phytochemical analysis and fingerprinting were done by employing a CAMAG HPTLC. The spectroscopic approach was also used to estimate the flavonoid concentration in relation to quercetin. 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay has been used to assess the antioxidant potential of the plant. The findings confirm that methanolic extracts of T. cordifolia stem powder from the region showed higher secondary metabolites, and it also indicates that the methanolic extracts of the stem are a potential source of antioxidants which may be due to the presence of flavonoids in the extracts. The study also reveals the potency of standardised extracts of T. cordifolia growing at Kanha Shanti Vanam can be developed as an antioxidant herbal medicine.