IDENTIFICATION OF LUPEOL IN ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF CELASTRUS PANICULATUS BY HPTLC METHOD

ABSTRACT: Celastrus paniculatus is a known herb used in alternative system of medicines since ancient times. Traditionally seeed oil of Celastrus paniculatus has been in various medicinal remedies to cure neuronal disorders, asthma, cough etc. The constituents found in Celastrus paniculatus reportedly are sesquitrpenoids, triglycerides, triterpenoids. A high performance thin layer chromatography which is considered as a sensitive method for accurate quantification method for analysis of compounds. The instrument CAMAG Linomat 5 lamp was used and the wavelength was 254 nm