Chemical Constituents of Indigenous Plants Used in Native Medicine of Saudi Arabia II PDF

Keywords

Saudi Arabia, medicine, indigenous plants

Abstract

The test results of 173 species in a phytochemical screening program of Saudi plants are reported with data on alkaloids, leucoanthocyanidins, flavonoids , unsaturated sterols (or triterpenoids), cardiac glycosides, coumarins, and saponins. The plants represent 32 families. The results of phytochemical testing which gave high concentration (+ + +) are recorded and can be summarized in the following statements: Alkaloids were detected in 23 species, leucoanthocyanidins in 13 species, nonsteroidal unsaturated compounds in 33 species, coumarins in 54 species and saponins in 11 species.