Open AccessPhytochemical evaluation of Celastrus paniculatus seed oil extracted by a method used by ‘Uraanv’ tribe of Chhattisgarh
Author(s) -
Lalchand Sahu,
P. K. Joshi,
Om Prakash Rout,
Archana Sahu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of ayurveda and integrated medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-3110
DOI - 10.21760/jaims.5.2.9
Subject(s) - phytochemical , traditional medicine , medicine , glycoside , terpenoid , tribe , botany , biology , sociology , anthropology
More than 35,000 plant species are being used in various human cultures around the world formedicinal purposes. Medicated oil plays an important role for prevention and cure of diseases inAyurveda. Celastrus paniculatus seed oil is such wonderful medicinally useful oil. It is commonlyknown as Black-Oil tree, Intellect tree, Climbing-staff plant and Jyotishmati and “Tree of life” inAyurveda. It possesses Anti-depressant, Anti-Parkinson, Anti-Alzheimer’s, Neuroprotective, IQimproving activity. In tribal district (Jashpur) of Chhattisgarh, Indian people uses traditional method toextract C. paniculatus oil. It is commonly used by the tribes for the treatment of various diseases likeheadache, muscular spasm and local inflammations. The present study aim is documentation oftraditional method of oil extraction used by ‘Uraanv’ tribe. This paper also dealt with thePhysicochemical and qualitative phytochemical evaluation of C. paniculatus seed oil. Oil yield bytraditional method was 25%. Carbohydrate, reducing sugar, monosaccharide, protein, amino acid,steroid, flavonoid, alkaloid, fixed oil, phytosterols, saponin, diterpenoid and cardiac glycoside werefound in the oil sample.The GC-MS analysis shows the presence of 47 compounds in the oil. Thesephytochemical might be responsible for the therapeutic effect of C. paniculatsus seed oil.