PJB-2018-211
PHYTOCHEMICAL AND BIOACTIVITY STUDY OF CORYDALIS ADIANTIFOLIA: A HERBAL HAIR TONIC FROM BALTISTAN
Iftikhar Ali
Abstract
The whole plant material of Corydalis adiantifolia Hook.f. & Thomson was investigated for biological activities e.g. antifungal, antibacterial, insecticidal, cytotoxic, anticancer and phytotoxic activities and preliminary phytochemical screening. Moreover, as a result of phytochemical isolation, 8-acetonyldihydrosanguinarine (1), β-sitosterol (2) and β-sitosterol-β-D-glucoside (3) were isolated and characterized by spectroscopic methods. To the best of our knowledge, all this study was carried out for the first time on C. adiantifolia.