Madras Agric. J., 97 (4-6): 104-105, June 2010

Short Note

Biochemical Profile of Calotropis procera K.M. Saradha Devi*, S. Annapoorani* and S. Murugesan** *Department of Bio-chemistry, Bio-Tech and Bioinformatics, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore - 641 043 **IFGTB, Forest Campus, Coimbatore - 641 002

Estimates of chemical profiles of whole extract of flowers, leaves and stem of Calotropis procera revealed the presence of protein, carbohydrate, amino acid, phenol, peroxidase and phenylalanine ammonialyase. HPLC analysis of C. procera revealed the presence of lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid. Key words: Calotropis procera, HPLC, biochemical profile.

Ayurveda and other Indian literature mention the use of plants in treatment of various human aliments. Recent awareness of therapeutic potential of several traditionally used plants has opened a dimension for the study and research of medicinal plants (Akhtar et al., 2006). In the Indian systems of medicine, most practitioners formulate and dispense their own recipes; hence this requires proper documentation and research. In western world also, the use of herbal medicines is steadily growing. Public, academic and government interest in traditional medicines is growing exponentially due to the increased reports of the adverse drug reactions and economic burden of the modern system of medicine. Aqueous extract of leaf, flower and roots of Calotropis procera proved most effective in the control of many diseases. C. procera contains resin, cardenolids, steroid glucosides, useharin, calotoxin, and calactin. Leaves and stalks contains a bioactive chemical constituents of sterols, resins, cardenolides, calotropin, calotropagenin etc., In flower, the chemical constituents are the high Table 1. Biochemical and enzymatic properties of C. procera Parameters

Protein Carbohydrate Amino acid Phenol Peroxidase Phenylalanine ammonialyase

Units

mg/g mg/g mg/g mg/g unit/L mg/ml/min

Whole extract of flowers, leaves and stem 10.90 00.70 20.90 04.99 02.62 14.00

amount of ash and proteins with varying quantities of alkaloids, and anthocyanins. Root bark and root contain bitter yellow resin but no alkaloid. The whole plant contains flavone glycosides and cardiac glycoside. To understand other chemical profiles of C. procera, the following biochemical analysis has been done for total protein, carbohydrate, lipids, *Corresponding author email: [email protected]

phenol, free amino acid, enzyme analysis such as peroxidase (PO), phenylalanine ammonialyase (PAL). Material and Methods Different parts of C. procera like flowers, leaves and stem collected for extraction. Following the dry weight determination the dried parts of leaf, flower and stem were milled and stored in -20°C until extraction. Extraction and Biochemical analysis

Separate extractions were conducted for each plant parts. All the plant parts are extracted with water, methanol, ethyl acetate; solvents removed vacuum and stored at -20°C till the bioassay and estimated some of the primary and secondary groups. The method of Schuster (1985) was followed to analyse the free fatty acid methyl esters of C. procera (whole plant) sample in HPLC. Total protein

The blue colour developed by the reduction of the phosphomolybdic and phosphoungstic components in the folin-ciocalteau reagent by the aminoacids tyrosine and tryptophan present in protein plus colour developed by the biuret reaction of the protein with the alkaline cupric tartarate are measured using the Shakir et al. (1994) method. Total carbohydrate

The method of Singh and Sandhu (2005) was followed for estimating the total carbohydrate. Carbohydrates are first hydrolysed in to simple sugars using dilute hydrochloricacid. In hot acidic medium, glucose is dehydrated to hydroxymethyl furfural. This compound forms green coloured products with anthrone reagent which can be estimated at 630nm. Total Aminoacids

Singh and Sandhu (2005) found a method which

105 Table 2. HPLC analysis of free fatty acid methyl esters of C. procera Fatty acid Lauric acid Myristic acid Palmitic acid Stearic acid Oleic acid Linoleic acid Linolenic acid

Area (%) 0.0123 0.1905 53.0672 3.6439 8.3149 14.5222 20.2490

Retention time (min) 2.141 3.090 4.761 8.028 8.239 9.342 11.306

was followed for estimating total amino acids. Ninhydrin, a powerful oxidizing agent, decarboxylates the alpha-aminoacids and yields an intensely coloured bluish purple product which is colorimetrically measured at 570nm. Total phenol

For estimation of total phenols, the method of Singh and Sandhu (2005) was followed. Phenol reacts with phosphomolybdic acid in folinCiocalteau reagent in alkaline medium and produce

blue coloured complex (Molybdenum blue). Peroxidase

The method of Singh and Sandhu (2005) was followed for estimating enzyme peroxidase. Guaiacol is used as a substrate for the assay of peroxidase. The resulting oxidized (dehydrogenated) guaiacol is probably more than one compound and depends on the reaction conditions. The rate of formation of guaiacol dehydrogenation product is a measure of the POD activity and can be assayed spectrophotometrically at 436nm. Phenylalanine ammonialyase

The method of Singh and Sandhu (2005) was followed for estimating enzyme peroxidase. Phenylalanine ammonialyase activity is determined spectro photometrically by following the formation of trans cinnamic acid which exhibits an increase in absorbance at 290nm (crude enzyme)/270nm (purified enzyme). Results and Discussion The biochemical analysis such as total protein, carbohydrates, amino acids, phenol, peroxidase and phenylalanine ammonialyase analyzed during the experiment period and the results are summarized in Tables 1 and 2, and in Fig.1. From the table 1 and fig. 1 the following chemical profiles viz., protein (10.90 mg/g), carbohydrate (00.70 mg/g), amino acid (20.90 mg/g), phenol (04.99 mg/g), peroxidase (02.62 unit/l )and phenylalanine ammonialyease(14.00 mg/ml/ min)were identified. Table 2 shows the results of HPLC analysis in C. procera. It revealed the presence of following chemicals such as lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid. References Akhtar, N., Malik, A., Ali, S.N. and Kazmi, S.N. 2007. Proceragenin, an antibacterial cardenolide from Calotropis procera. Phytochemistry, 31: 2821-2824. Schuster, R. 1985. Determination of fatty acids in margarine and butter by on column derivatization: HPLC Application (Hewlett Packard), 12: 5954- 0826.

Fig.1 Biochemical profile of whole extract of flowers, leaves and stem of C. procera

Singh, A.P. and Sandhu, A.S. 2005. Distribution of Steroid like Compounds in Plant Flora. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Mohali, India, 22: 346-357. Shakir, F.K., Audilet, D., Drake, A.J. and Shaker, M. 1994. A rapid protein determination by modification of Lowry procedure, Analytical Biochemistry, 216, 232-233.

Received: December 29, 2009; Accepted: June 20, 2010

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C. procera contains resin, cardenolids, steroid glucosides, useharin, calotoxin, and calactin. Leaves and stalks contains a bioactive chemical constituents of sterols, resins, cardenolides, calotropin, calotropagenin etc., In flower, the chemical constituents are the high phenol, free amino acid, enzyme analysis such as.

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