• R. Sowbaraniga
• M.Chitra
• A. Deepakumari

Plant compounds are non-nutritive, essential metabolites used to cure diseases and play a vital role in the preparation of natural drugs. Characterization of plant compounds in unexplored and less explored plant paves way for drug preparation and natural medicines. Cucumis dipsaceus (hedgehog cucumber) is a less explored plant in India though it possesses essential compounds. In the present study, fruits of Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb ex Spach belongs to Cucurbitaceae family were used to test for its phytochemical constituents. Solvents viz., Petroleum ether, Benzene, Acetone, Ethanol, and Water were used to extract the phytocompounds. Colour, consistency and yield percentage of the crude extracts were also recorded. Preliminary phytochemical screening was carried out to know the presence of secondary metabolites (alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, steroids, triterpenoids, saponins, glycosides, gums & mucilage, fixed oils) in fruit extracts. Functional groups of the fruit extracts were analyzed by FT-IR spectral analysis. Quantitative phytochemical analysis was done to estimate the total content of alkaloids, flavonoids, triterpenoids, glycosides, and saponins. The results revealed the presence of secondary metabolites by preliminary phytochemical analysis. Crude extracts were ranging from light to dark brown in color. The consistency of the crude extracts was found to be semisolid, less sticky and sticky. Highest yield percentage was observed in aqueous fruit extract. FT-IR spectral analysis indicated the presence of alkanes, alkenes, esters, sulfones, and alcohols. Estimation of the total content of phytochemicals specifies that higher amount of alkaloid (62mg/g) was observed at aqueous extract and Saponin (370mg/g) in ethanol extract. Thus, the fruits of Cucumis dipsaceus found to have pharmacologically important compounds.

Cucumis dipsaceus, qualitative analysis, FT-IR, quantitative analysis

"Qualitative and Quantitative Phytochemical analysis of Fruits of Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb ex. Spach", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.253-261, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAD06042.pdf

"Qualitative and Quantitative Phytochemical analysis of Fruits of Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb ex. Spach", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp253-261, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAD06042.pdf