Abstract

PHARMACOGNOSTICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF DICLIPTERA ROXBURGHIANA GROWN IN DOON VALLEY OF THE FOOTHILLS OF HIMALAYA

Y.C. Tripathi, Sulabh Aggarwal, *Devesh Tewari

ABSTRACT

Present work is mainly focused to establish the basic pharmacognostical parameters for the traditionally important herb Dicliptera roxburghiana and to identify various phytoconstituents and their presence in different polarity. There was no literature available so far regarding the histological evaluation of the plant. The presence of different phytoconstituents such as glycosides and flavonoids indicates towards various pharmacological activities.

Keywords: Dicliptera, histological, phytoconstituents, preliminary phytochemical screening.