Abstract
The aim of present work was to investigate the pharmacognostical and phytochemical properties of Phyllanthus amarus leaves. The Ethno medicine involves the use of different plant extracts or the bioactive constituents of vital importance in the health application at an affordable cost and study of such ethanomedicine keenly represents one of the best avenues in searching new economic plants for medicine. Keeping this view in mind the present investigation was carried in Phyllanthus amarus leaves. Morphological study and pharmacognostical properties like transverse section, palisade ratio, stomatal number, stomatal index, vein islet number, and vein termination number were studied. Physical constants like ash value, extractive value, moisture content, swelling index was also studied. Qualitative phytochemical analysis of the plants confirms the presence of various phytochemicals like carbohydrates, alkaloids, glycosides, steroids, saponins, tannins, phenols and flavanoids.
Highlights
The medicinal values of plants lie in the bioactive phytochemical constituents that produce definite physiological effects on the human body
There are many families of phytochemicals and they help the human body in a variety of ways
Phytochemicals are basically divided into two groups that are primary and secondary metabolites according to their functions in plant metabolism
Summary
The medicinal values of plants lie in the bioactive phytochemical constituents that produce definite physiological effects on the human body. Though the traditional Indian system of medicine has a long history of use, they lack adequate scientific documentation, in light of modern scientific knowledge[1]. There is a need for documentation of research work carried out on traditional medicines With this backdrop, it becomes extremely important to make an effort towards standardization of the plant material to be used as a medicine[9]. P. amarus is an important plant of Indian Ayurvedic system of medicine which is used in the problems of stomach, genitourinary system, liver, kidney and spleen. It is bitter, astringent, stomachic, diuretic, febrifuge and antiseptic. The present study is designed to explore the preliminary pharmacognostical and phytochemical analysis of Phyllanthus amarus leaves for their pharmacological properties
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