Abstract

PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTHELMENTHIC ACTIVITY OF PIPER BETLE L. LEAVES AGAINST PHERETIMA POSTHUMA

A. Sree Gayathri*, A. Navaneetha and Dr. H. Padmalatha

ABSTRACT

Herbs have played an important part in our development it provided us with food, medicine and cosmetics. Medicinal plants contain a variety of phytochemicals as well as minerals, vitamin and trace elements. Some of the phytochemicals are pharmacologically active and can exert at therapeutic action on the body. Piper betel is the leaf of a vine belonging to the Piperaceae family, which includes pepper and kava. P.betle is mostly originated in Asia. The roots, fruits of Piper battle has carminative, stimulant, antiseptic, and used in the treatment of Malaria. Betal leaf has antiseptic, analgesic, anti bacterial, anti-lactogogue (reducing Brest milk), antioxidant, antispasmodic, cardiotonic, expectorant, tonic and contraceptive property, it conclude that Ethanolic extract of P.betal leaves consists antihelminthic property against Pheretimaposthuma.

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