2025, Vol. 13, Issue 3, Part C

author(s)
Ghanashyam Behera, Chinmayee Behera, Abhipsa Panda, Anuska Sahani, Debaki Majhi, Debashish Lahajal, Karan Sahu and Smrutee Pragyan Majhi

abstract
Plants served as a
significant source of traditional medicine used to cure human illness. Numerous
plant nutritional benefits have been discussed in literature, but there is
relatively very limited research that has been done on biologically active
chemicals present in Trema orientalis. With the help of the Soxhlet
apparatus, the extraction of sample from the bark and leaf of Trema
orientalis was done. Distilled water, methanol and ethanol were used as
solvents. After the phytochemical screening of the extract, we found the test
positive for glycoside, saponin, tannin, coumarin, terpenoids, and phenol,
which implies their presence in Trema orientalis. These are the
non-nutritive parts that have inhibitory properties against neurological
disorder, microbes, malaria, cancer and inflammation etc. It is traditionally
used for the prevention of cough, fever, diarrhea, toothache, and pneumonia and
for different digestive issues. The wood of Trema orientalis was
traditionally used in the making gunpowder. In view of its rare occurrence in
Western Odisha, it holds a great promise for further research for identifying
bioactive molecules that can be used as novel medicines