Spectroscopic determination of total phenol and flavonoid contents of Ipomoea carnea.

Quantitative determination of phenols and flavonoids in leaves, stem and flowers of Ipomoea carnea was carried out using spectrophotometric methods. Catechol and quercetin reagents were used as the standards for calibration for the phenols and flavonoids respectively. The plant material was collected from the river sides of Pune, Maharastra, India and authenticated at Botanical Survey of India, Pune. The flowers contain the maximum and the stem contains the minimum amount of phenols. The flavonoid content of the flowers was quite high compared to that of the leaves and the stem. As per the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study determining the phenol and flavonoid contents of Ipomoea Carnea.