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<p>Medicinal plants have several therapeutic properties; they have been used for a long time to treat different diseases. Lantana camara L. has been widely used by man for healing these diseases. In this study, four leaves extracts of L. camara were subjected to preliminary phytochemical screening to determine the presence and/or the absence of phytochemical constituents; In addition, they were tested for hemolytic activity on human erythrocytes. This activity is performed using the UV-Vis spectrophotometer method at 520 nm and at five different concentrations (125 µg/ml, 250 µg/ml, 500 µg/ml, 750 µg/ml, and 1000 µg/ml). The phytochemical screening showed the presence of various phytochemical groups such as phenolic compounds, saponins, sterols, tannins, flavonoids, reducing compounds and the absence of alkaloids in the four extracts. These same extracts showed average hemolytic activity sequentially: chloroformic extract, petroleum ether extract, aqueous extract and then methanolic extract. This activity is dependent on the concentration of the extract.</p>
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Medicinal plants have several therapeutic properties; they have been used for a long time to treat different diseases. Lantana camara L. has been widely used by man for healing these diseases. In this study, four leaves extracts of L. camara were subjected to preliminary phytochemical screening to determine the presence and/or the absence of phytochemical constituents; In addition, they were tested for hemolytic activity on human erythrocytes. This activity is performed using the UV-Vis spectrophotometer method at 520 nm and at five different concentrations (125 µg/ml, 250 µg/ml, 500 µg/ml, 750 µg/ml, and 1000 µg/ml). The phytochemical screening showed the presence of various phytochemical groups such as phenolic compounds, saponins, sterols, tannins, flavonoids, reducing compounds and the absence of alkaloids in the four extracts. These same extracts showed average hemolytic activity sequentially: chloroformic extract, petroleum ether extract, aqueous extract and then methanolic extract. This activity is dependent on the concentration of the extract.

Phytochemical screening and hemolytique activity of some leaves extracts of <italic>Lantana camara</italic> L.

Laboratory of Natural Sciences and Materials

University L’arbi Ben M’hidi Oum El Bouaghi

Acta Scientifica Naturalis

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Phytochemical screening and hemolytique activity of some leaves extracts of  L.

Medicinal plants have several therapeutic properties; they have been used for a long time to treat different diseases. Lantana camara L. has been widely used...

Phytochemical screening and hemolytique activity of some leaves extracts of Lantana camara L.

Published Online: Nov 23, 2021

Page range: 1 - 9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/asn-2021-0023

Keywords
phytochemical screening, hemolytic activity, medicinal plants, organic extracts

© 2021 Fahima Talhi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Public License.

Phytochemical screening and hemolytique activity of some leaves extracts of Lantana camara L.

Published Online: Nov 23, 2021

Page range: 1 - 9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/asn-2021-0023

Keywordsphytochemical screening, hemolytic activity, medicinal plants, organic extracts

© 2021 Fahima Talhi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Public License.

Keywords
phytochemical screening, hemolytic activity, medicinal plants, organic extracts