Phytochemical investigation on Jatropha curcas seed cake

Abstract

Since ancient times plants have been used as source of therapeutic agents. Plants are playing a significant role in the indigenous system of medicine to combat diseases. Plants are the richest sources of bioactive organic  chemicals on earth. They are the store house of secondary metabolites such as alkaloids, terpenoids, steroids and flavonoids etc. The traditional medicine involves the use of different plant extracts or bioactive chemicals. This type study provides the health application at affordable cost. This such as ethanomedicine keenly represents one of the best avenues in searching new economic plants for medicine.In keeping this view in mind the present investigation is carried out in Jatropha curcas seed collected in June 2008 from Banthra Research station Lucknow, India. The results suggest that the phytochemicals properties of the seed for curing various ailments.