A Study on Phytochemicals, Antioxidant, Antidiabetic and Antimicrobial Activity of the Leaves of Solanum Trilobatum

S. trilobatum belongs to the family Solanaceae with genus Solanum native to India and is found everywhere in Tamil Nadu. It is widely used as an Indian alternative system of medicines like siddha, ayurveda, herbal medicines and natural home remedy for various conditions like stomach pain, asthma, respiratory problems, cough and cold etc., and is also used for various recipes. It is commonly called as Purple fruited pea egg plant or Thai nightshade and in Tamil as ‘Thuduvalai'. This herb is a thorny creeper that grows in bushes. The entire stem and leaves contain thorns all over the plant. The flowers are purple in colour. It can be propagated by seeds. Medicinal plants can serve as a source of novel therapeutic agent due to the presence of diverse bioactive compounds like alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenoids, phenolic compounds, glycosides etc in plants. These phytocompounds are synthesized by primary or rather secondary metabolism of living organisms. They are widely used in the human therapy, veterinary, agriculture, scientific research, etc. The utilization of several medicinal plants as medicine lies in the fact that they contain various phytoconstituents of therapeutic value. The present study is aimed at analyzing the Phytochemical, Antioxidant, Antidiabetic and Antimicrobial activity of the leaves of Solanum trilobatum.