Indigofera aspalathoides and Indigofera tinctoria are the medicinally important plants with remarkable healing potential. These medicinal plants are the potential source of bioactive constituents with their potential therapeutic properties. This study was carried to ascertain the qualitative and quantitative presence of various phytochemical compounds and to identify the functional groups present in the phytochemical compounds of two medicinal plants. The preliminary screening revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenoids, tannins and cardiac glycosides in the aqueous extract of Indigofera tinctoria and Indigofera aspalathoides. However, steroids were detected only in the aqueous extract of Indigofera aspalathoides. The quantitative analysis revealed significant quantities of phenol and other secondary metabolites in the two plants. The FT IR spectral analysis revealed the presence of functional groups such as alkanes, alcohols, phenols, aldehydes, ketones, amines and carboxylic acids.
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