PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF ZIZIPHUS SPINA CHRISTI AND PIPER NIGRUM

Ziziphus spina Christi grows wild in tropical Africa and Asia. It is used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of pain related ailments. Piper nigrum is a tropical plant which grows about 500m in the valleys. The fruits are used as spices in the foods and have a large number of medicinal properties. The various extracts of Ziziphus Spina Christi and Piper nigrum were investigated for the Natural products like Steroids, flavanoids, Carbohydrates, proteins, Amino Acids, Lipids, Tannins and Anhraquinones. Total six different solvents were used for the extraction of the chemical components from the two plants.