Prakash Itankar

Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University · Department of Pharmaceutical Science

The methods of preparing new derivatives of known substrates were applied to modify organic compounds like Carbohydrates, steroids, sterols, terpenoids, flavonoids, alkaloids, antibiotics, amino acids etc. Such alteration encompasses many changes in the substrate moiety by the addition, degradation or modification. When basic structure of resultant...

To present study was deals with the TLC,HPTLC and Quantitative analysis of successive extract of stem bark of Bauhinia purpuria Linn, during the study firstly successive extraction with acetone, methanol and maceration of hydro-alcoholic extract and phytochemical study of these extract was done and secondary metabolite were observed like protein, c...

Opuntia elatior Mill. (Nagaphani) fruits are traditionally recommended as an expectorant, remedy for whooping cough, asthma, gonorrhea, ulcers, tumors, in the treatment of diarrhea and syphilis. Many of these diseases are allied with oxidative stress caused by free radicals. Thus, current research is directed towards finding naturally-occurring ant...

Objective: This work aims to determine the in-vitroanti-cancer activity of biotransformed material (extract) of calendula officinalisflowers.

Purpose: Opuntia elatior Mill. (Family: Cactacea) is a xerophytic perennial bushy shrub, 1-3 m tall. It is native of Caribbean, Central America and northern South America, but actually it is fully naturalized in many part of the world like Mediterranean, Australia, Africa and India. Ripe fruits of this plant contain red pigment i.e. betanin which i...

The leaves of the plant Annona squmosa were collected, powdered and extracted successively with different solvents. The extracts were subjected to preliminary phytochemical screening, which revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, carbohydrates, saponins, tannins, and steroids. The TLC and HPTLC techniques were used for qualitative determina...

The aerial parts (fresh leaves, pods, flowers) of the plant Sesbania grandiflora were collected powdered and the powder was initially defatted with petroleum ether (60-80°C). The marc was further macerated with ethanol for 72 hrs. The extract was preserved at room temperature for further studies.Preliminary Phytochemical screening was done which re...

Annona sqamosa (Annonaceae) is known as sitaphal in Hindi and custard apple in English is an important medicinal plant. It has been used traditionally in diarrhea, dysentery, cold, as abortifacient, insecticidal drug etc., so would be more suitable to evaluate the drug. This paper deals with the detailed pharmacognostic evaluation of the crude drug...

To consider potentially new anxiolytic sources, different solvent extracts of leaf of Annona squamosa were investigated and compared with the standard drug diazepam in mice using elevated plus maze and open field behavior test paradigm of anxiety. Doses (100 and 200 mg/kg) of petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, acetone, methanol and diazepa...

Increasing prevalence of multidrug resistant strains of microorganisms has initiated the exploration of alternate antimicrobial agent. Taking into account the medicinal importance of Jatropha podagrica (hook) (Euphorbiaceae) in this respect, an attempt was made in the current study to investigate the antimicrobial potential of this plant. Fresh pla...

The alcoholic extract from aerial parts of Flacourtia ramontchi L. Herit (Flacourtiaceae) was investigated for analgesic activity by acetic acid induced writhing test, formalin induced paw licking model, tail flick model in Swiss albino mice and anti-inflammatory activity by carrageenin induced rat paw edema and cotton pellet granuloma model in Spr...