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Pharmacognostical Studies on Tephrosia villosa (L.) Pers. (Fabaceae)


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1 Department of Botany, Dr. Zahir Husain College, Ilayankudi, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Botany, Rani Anna Govt. College for Women, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu., India
3 Siddha Medicinal Plants Garden, CCRS, Mettur Dam, Tamil Nadu, India
     

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Nature has created plants in the world for every ailment and there is a cure for every diseases and man has to find it. The plant Tephrosia villosa (L.) Pers. is a medicinally important and the fruits are edible. Systematic and detailed Pharmacognostical studies were performed on Tephrosia villosa (L.) Pers.. The studies include anatomical characters of leaf, stem and ischolar_mains, fluorescence analysis of the leaf, stem and ischolar_main powders and their extracts in petroleum ether (40-60o), benzene, chloroform and methanol in the selected species. Quantitative determination such as moisture content, total ash, water-soluble ash, acid insoluble ash, water extractive values and sulphated ash have also been made. Preliminary phytochemical analysis of the extracts was done and the results showed that tannins, protein and steroid were predominantly present in all the form extracts of leaf, stem and ischolar_main.

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Tephrosia villosa, Fluorescence Analysis, Quantitative Determination, Pharmacognosy.
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Authors

E. Rajabudeen
Department of Botany, Dr. Zahir Husain College, Ilayankudi, Tamil Nadu, India
A. Saravana Ganthi
Department of Botany, Rani Anna Govt. College for Women, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu., India
M. Padma Sorna Subramanian
Siddha Medicinal Plants Garden, CCRS, Mettur Dam, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


Nature has created plants in the world for every ailment and there is a cure for every diseases and man has to find it. The plant Tephrosia villosa (L.) Pers. is a medicinally important and the fruits are edible. Systematic and detailed Pharmacognostical studies were performed on Tephrosia villosa (L.) Pers.. The studies include anatomical characters of leaf, stem and ischolar_mains, fluorescence analysis of the leaf, stem and ischolar_main powders and their extracts in petroleum ether (40-60o), benzene, chloroform and methanol in the selected species. Quantitative determination such as moisture content, total ash, water-soluble ash, acid insoluble ash, water extractive values and sulphated ash have also been made. Preliminary phytochemical analysis of the extracts was done and the results showed that tannins, protein and steroid were predominantly present in all the form extracts of leaf, stem and ischolar_main.

Keywords


Tephrosia villosa, Fluorescence Analysis, Quantitative Determination, Pharmacognosy.

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