Abstract
Phyto chemicals are the secondary metabolites produce by the plant for its adaptation, which has medicinal value. The plant Sida cordata is a prostrate herb with medicinal value which is found throughout India .The whole plant Sidda cordata is used by the tribal people of Madekeri district to treat various aliment like hepatic disorder, dysentery, cholera etc, it is also one of the component in herbal preparation in Tamilnadu used on cut wounds, to relive pain etc. The traditional medicine involves the use of different plant extracts or bioactive component for the treatment of different health problems at affordable cost. Secondary metabolites are responsible for medicinal activity of plant. Hence, the present study deals with the preliminary phytochemical evaluation of leaf & stem of Sida cordata, the study includes the preparation of different extracts leaf &stem by successive solvent extraction method ,fluorescence analysis of successive extracts & their powder are noted under visible &UV light, which showed the visibility of varying colors. Further Phytochemical analysis of leaf & stem extracts of Sida cordata was carried out which confirms the presence of primary metabolites like carbohydrates , amino acids, proteins etc and secondary metabolites like the alkaloids, flavonoids, tannin etc. Present study is designed to explore the preliminary phyto-profile and phytochemical analysis of leaf & stem of Sida cordata, which are responsible for its pharmacological properties.
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