PHYTOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF POTENTIAL BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM MEDICINAL ORCHID: MALAXIS RHEEDEI SW.

A. Zechariah Jebakumar
Dept. of Research and Scientific studies, Prince Sultan Military college of Health Sciences, Dhahran-31932, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Hassan S. Nondo
Dept. of Research and Scientific studies, Prince Sultan Military college of Health Sciences, Dhahran-31932, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Siju K. George
Dept. of Research and Scientific studies, Prince Sultan Military college of Health Sciences, Dhahran-31932, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
G.Manoj
Dept of Pharmacology, C.L. Baid Metha College of Pharmacy, Thoraipakkam, Chennai - 600096, India

Antidiarrhoeal activity ,Randia uliginosa ,Traditional medicine ,Castor oil induced diarrhoea ,Enteropooling method ,

Phytochemical analysis of a potential medicinal orchid such as Malaxis rheedei SW, (Orchidaceae) by using the techniques such as Fourier Transformation Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Ultra Violet Spectroscopy (UV). Through this technique the methanolic extract of whole plant has taken to analyze the detection of potential bioactive compounds which are present in this plant. The occurrence of such phytochemical constituents also reveals the importance of this valuable medicinal orchid in the field of herbal medicine for treatment of variety of ailments.

6 , 2 , 2016