PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF KALANCHOE GASTONIS-BONNIERI

Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri is a succulent plant native of Madagascar. The leaves have been used in traditional system of medicine for the treatment of ovarian cysts, urinary tract infections, vaginal infections, uterine fibroids. Unfortunately very few works related to the phytochemistry of this species is reported in literatures. The present investigation was carried out to reveal the important phytochemicals present in the leaf extract. The preliminary screening showed the presence of many phytochemicals such as alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenoids, saponoin, fixed oils and fats. High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography analysis was carried out with optimized solvent system consisting of ethyl acetate, formic acid, glacial acetic acid and water in the ratio of 8:1:1:2. The densitometric scanning of the chormatograms of hydroaclcoholic extract showed 7peaks at 254 nm 8 peaks at 366 nm. The phytochemicals detected in the present study justifies the therapeutic uses of the leaves in the traditional medicines.