Phytochemical Screening of the Pollen of some selected plants with antidiabetic properties

Diabetes has been known since ages in Ayurveda by Shushruta. It is a chronic metabolic disorder which results in an increased cane of sugar in blood. In the present investigation phytochemical screening of pollens of some selected plants with known antidiabetic properties was carried out like Catheranthus roseus, Momordica charentia, Butea monosperma and Syzygium cuminii. As pollen is very important entity carrying paternal genome to next generation, It is quite likely that different important constituents present in the plant parts may be present in the pollen also. Owing to the economic value and medicinal importance some plants like Catharenthus roseus, Momordica charantia, Butea monosperma and Syzygium cuminii were selected and pollens of these plants were screened for their phytochemical constituents.The results showed the presence of antidiabetic constituents in the pollen parts of all the above selected plants. They showed the presence of alkaloids, steroids, flavinoids, tannins, saponins and carbohydrates in them. Thus the important antidiabetic constituents could be detected in the pollens of all the above selected medicinal plants in preliminary phytochemical screening.