Abstract

Plants are being widely used either as single drug or in combination in health care. The Indian herbs are broadly utilized as source of drugs mentioned in the traditional systems of medicine. Curcuma aromatic and curcuma caesia are the one of the well-known herbal plant. It is commonly known as haldi and kali haldi. These are erect perennial herb, grow all over in India mainly Bengal Southern India. The objective of the present study is to evaluate scientific data for presence of various phytochemicals in the different extract of 70% methanol, ethyl acetate and petroleum ether. The three different extracts of rhizomes found to contain alkaloids, triterpenoids, flavonoids, phenolic, tannins & carbohydrate. Presence of such secondary metabolites makes this plant useful for mankind. In future we can prepare herbal drug from the rhizomes of this plant.

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