Project Description
The Tagetes minuta is wildly grown in abundant in Pakistan especially in hilly areas. Hazara division is a rich source of this important species. The plant species is assumed to be containing very important compounds of medicinal nature. The aim of current project will be to isolate and analyse some of the important compounds from Tagetes found in Hazara Division. Qualitative analysis will be performed using thin layer chromatography(TLC) techniques. Further purification will be done using column chromatography followed by determination of biological activities of the purified compounds. Particularly we will be interested in antibacterial, insecticidal and phytotoxicity related biological activities of the purified compounds from Tagetes. These results will provide basic information about the compounds present in this important and wildly grown plant species that will further our knowledge to identify the structure of the compounds which will eventually be useful in drug discovery.
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