Abstract

PHARMACOGNOSTIC AND PHYTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF THESPESIA POPULNEA LEAVES

Anju A. Varghese*

ABSTRACT

Thespesia populnea is a gaint tree belongs to the family of Malvaceae, originate in steamy counties and sea side woodlands of India. The shade dried leaf powder of Thespesia populnea was subjected to successive extraction using ethanol as solvent. Phytochemical investigation of Thespesia populnea revealed the existence of saponin, tannin, alkaloid in ethanolic extract. Alkaloids, tannins, saponins, terpenes, flavonoid, phenol and quinone present in ethanol extract. Phytochemicals are the reliable sources in healing of different health problems. Preliminary phytochemical screening is a fundamental step in the detection of bioactive compounds present in plants and it may lead to discovery of novel environmentally friendly natural chemicals and drugs. It is evident from the present study that Thespesia populnea leaf extract possessing majority of phytochemical classes of compounds and presence of phytoconstituents. The present study deals with various pharmacognostical examinations like organoleptic or macroscopical and microscopical or anatomical studies.

Keywords: Phytoconstituents, phytochemical screening, anatomical studies.