Assessment of medicinal tree diversity in the Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary (CKBS), Kolkata, India and prediction of antimutagenic phytochemicals by using software

The study of bioactive chemicals containing medicinal trees diversity is an important research work. These organics provide knowledge about phytochemicals from natural origin, which protect against several diseases, mutagenesis and carcinogenesis. These natural chemical ingredients may be used as antimutagenic potential. The present study aims to know the qualitative and quantitative assessment of common medicinal tree diversity located at Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary (CKBS), Kolkata, India and study of various literatures also to know phytochemicals present in their different parts and to predict mutagenicity or antimutagenicity through QSAR modeling T.E.S.T. software of these phytochemicals. The results clearly indicated that there were 11 types of tree species and the total populations were 93 nos. in the study area. Many literatures clearly revealed that these plants as a whole and/or their parts have potent phytochemicals to prevent mutagenicity and these phytochemicals have already been studied as antimutagenic in nature. Among all these phytochemicals 4 polyphenols types viz. epigallocatechin gallate, quercetin, zeatin and ellagic acid and skimmianine alkaloid were predicted mutagenic compounds while other polyphenols viz. catechin, flavonol, rutin, phenolic acid, lupeol, coumarin, psoralen, bergapten, kaempferol, friedelin, gallic acid, chlorogenic acid, vanillic acid and ferulic acid and other sterols like ?-sitosterol, were predicted antimutagenic compounds. In conclusion, present work was emphasized that antimutagenic tree species in the study area should be conserved for their natural chemical ingredients. Therefore, biodiversity study, phytochemicals estimation as antimutagens and conservation of these particular tree species in different common areas might be relevant in relation to prevent mutagenesis and carcinogenesis.