• Anil Govekar
• Pooja Jagasia
• Mary Stephen

According to World Health Organization (WHO), medicinal plants contain the best source of bio-active compounds which is used to obtain a variety of drugs and more than 80% of the world population depends on traditional medicine which naturally forms for their primary health care needs. Bio-active compounds are found most naturally in the medicinal plants are known as phytochemicals. Medicinal plants like turmeric which has scientific name Curcuma Longa. The bright yellow colour of turmeric comes from polyphenolic pigments which present inside that are mainly comes from fat-soluble known as Curcuminoids. Turmeric contains many phytochemical compounds like tannin, proteins, flavonoids, alkaloids, carbohydrates, etc. These phytochemicals have disease preventive properties because they are non-nutritive chemical plant. In this study, three different types of turmeric samples (i.e., two different dried turmeric powders and one is raw turmeric which later converted into dried powder using an oven at 450C) were selected from three different places for screening using the proposed brewing method such as hard, soft and ambient infusion to characterize their anti-oxidant potential. Among them, hard infusion shows the highest anti-oxidant potential as compared to the soft and ambient infusion in all three different turmeric samples. The present study of qualitative phytochemicals screening of turmeric (Curcuma Longa), to determine the present phytochemicals and were proved their capability to acts as the source of useful medicinal drugs and also it has potential to improve human health naturally as a result of the presence of various bioactive compounds that are important for good health.

Medicinal plants, Bioactive compounds, Curcuma Longa, Curcuminoids, Phytochemicals, Human health.

"Qualitative Screening of Phytochemicals which present in Curcuma Longa", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no.e383-e387, July-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107558.pdf

"Qualitative Screening of Phytochemicals which present in Curcuma Longa", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no. ppe383-e387, July-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107558.pdf