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PUBLISHER : ANANDI HEALCARE LLP,WASHIM-444505
CHIEF EDITOR : Dr. SANJAY K BAIS
COPYRIGHT : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACY AND HERBAL TECHNOLOGY
STARTING YEAR : 2023
SUBJECT : MEDICAL SCIENCES
LANGUAGE : ENGLISH
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Author Name: Dipali Dhumal, * Savita D. Sonawane Sanjay K. Bais
Email: dipalidhumal2912@gmail.com
College: Fabtech College of Pharmacy, Sangola, Maharashtra 2121-2127
Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) is fleshy, large root growing in the plant of the same name. Beetroot Ranksin top 10 vegetables with respect to its antioxidant capacity. They possess antimicrobial and antiviral Effects. Beetroot exhibits dark crimson red color pulp which has a sweet taste. They impart this color due to Presence of specific chromophore group which is used in food and cosmetic industries. The present manuscript Focuses on the extraction of Beta vulgaris pigment and its use as an indicator and preparation of pH indicator Strips. In this research endeavour, beetrootswere procured, dried, powdered and used as a natural indicator.This indicator can be a substitute forsynthetic indicators. Synthetic indicatorshave teratogenic and carcinogenic Effects, allergic effect, hence they possess a great they possess a great health hazard. In comparison to synthetic indicator, naturalindicators are environment friendly, bio-degradable and have less health hazards. A study has been done to investigate the indicator activity of aqueous extract of root pigments and compared with that of already existing synthetic indicators. Pigments were extracted using hot waterand a definite volume was added which gave accurate and reliable results for all the four different types of neutralization titrations - strong acid against strong base, strong acid against a weak base, weak acid against strong base and weak acid against weak base. The work proved to be acceptable in introducing root pigments as a substitute to the synthetic acid-base indicators.
Indicator, Beta Vulgaris, Titration, Endpoint, betaxanthins, Betanin