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IDENTIFICATION OF PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS IN VARIOUS MEDICINAL PLANTS
Authors: Rambabu Kuchi, Satyasri Mudunuri, Narmada.S.K.Pulagam, Sairam Kapisetty, Chinimilli Sriramya, D.Kurma Rao, Chilaka.Kishore, K.V.V.N.Prasad, Sudhakar.M, P.Somanna Babu.

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Phenolic compounds make up one of the major families of secondary metabolites in plants and they
represent a diverse group of compounds. Phenolics can be broadly divided into non-soluble
compounds such as condensed tannins, lignins, and cell-wall bound hydroxycinammic acids, and
soluble phenolics such as phenolic acids, phenylpropanoids flavonoids and quinones. In this article,
a method for extracting and analysing the soluble fraction of these phenolics, in different plants
having the medicinal activity using spectrophotometer. The results show that the plants under the
study contain high amount of phenolic compound content and hence are may be having the
medicinal value. Out of all these plants Azadirecta indica has the maximum phenolic compounds in
high contents.