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| Phytochemical Screening And Antifungal Test Of Kabling Parang (Anisomeles Indica Linn.) |
MARIFIE M. DOCTORA, PhD Cand., BIANCA GAIL DC. GONZALES, RAY RUDOLF M. PASTRANA, MAEd
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Abstract:
Plants are our green leafy friends. They provide us foods as well as the most important gas we use in our respiration. It also gave us the raw materials for industry. They are important components of the substance we use today like drugs, cosmetics, pesticides and beverages. Industrialization and modernization makes our lives easy. The phytochemical screening and antifungal test of Kabling parang plant was conducted to developed new plants that obtain important biochemical components. The project aim to discover the phytochemical and antifungal properties of Kabling parang plant. Fresh Kabling-Parang leaves was gathered and washed for pounding. Extract was prepared to evaluate the phytochemistry of Kabling parang plant. Phytochemical screening revealed that it contains glycoside and condense tannin. However alkaloid, anthraquinones, flavonoids and saponin were absent. Antifungal test results that the plant yields triterpenoids, anisomelic acid, ovatodiolide, 4,7-oxycycloanisomelic acid, iso-ovatodiolide, ß-sitosterol, stigmasterol, flavones, apigenin and an essential oil. This result show that Kabling parang plant has a potential component for insect repellent and significant properties for controlling fungi cause by Tinea pedis like ringworm of the feet and nails also known as " athlete's foot". This study was also conducted to determine the potential of Kabling-Parang extract as a natural insect repellent and to endorse the use of organics, instead of chemicals which are present in commercially available insect repellent. Therefore, results show that Anisomeles indica Linn. extract is a safe and an effective agent against insect specifically the Aedes aegypti the main vector of dengue in the Philippines.
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