the current study was assigned to evaluate the total phenol, total flavonoid content (tpc, tfc) and antioxidant properties of extracts from the aerial parts of scrophularia frigida (s. frigida). extracts were also tested by preliminary phytochemical screening as well as cytotoxic activity against artemia salina, mcf-7 (human breast carcinoma) and sw-480 (colon carcinoma) and l-929 (normal) cell...

Temu mangga (Curcuma mangga Val.) has been widely used to overcome health problems in Indonesia, one of them as the ingredient of Madurese herbal medicine. The active compounds contained in C. mangga extract have potential as a medicine to improve female fertility. This study aims to determine the content of phytochemicals and antifungal and antioxidant activity of C. mangga rhizome extract in ...

Preliminary phytochemical screening of petroleum ether and alcohol extract of Symplocos Racemosa Roxb was carried out which indicates that alcoholic extract contain carbohydrate, glycoside, saponin and terpenoid & alkaloid and ether extract indicated presence of glycoside, phytosterol and steroid. An antibacterial evaluation of the petroleum ether and ethanolic extract was carried out and it is...

The macroscopic character of the leaves, physical constant values, extractive values, behavior on treatment with different chemical reagents. Fluorescence characters under ultraviolet light after treatment wit different chemical reagents of the powdered leaves of Cassia tora Linn. (Family: Leguminosae) were studied to characterize some pharmacognostical parameters. Preliminary phytochemical stu...

The J. curcas is considered as a biofuel plant, but the leaves are traditionally used as an antiinflammatory and anticoagulant. In present investigation, the detailed pharmacognostic study of J. curcas leaf is carried out to lay down the standards which could be useful in future experimental studies. The study includes macroscopy, microscopy, preliminary phytochemical screening and physicochemi...

Petroleum ether, ethanol and water extracts of Trigonella foenum graecum seeds were investigated separately to determine their antiimplantation (antifertility) and estrogenic/antiestrogenic activity in female albino rats and Swiss mice. Among these, ethanol extract was found to be the most effective as antiimplantation and estrogenic agent. In preliminary phytochemical screening, ethanol extrac...

Symplocos Racemosa (Roxb.) known in Hindi as Lodhra, is a common indigenous drug used by Ayurvedic practitioners for the treatment of diarrhoea. dysentery, liver diseases etc. (Chopra,1958, Nadkarni, 1954). Although it is a popular drug, no scientific investigation has been done to elucidate its pharmacological actions. This communication embodies the findings of a preliminary phytochemical and...

Preliminary Phytochemical Evaluation and Spectrophotometric Estimation of Total Polysaccharide Content of Gum Isolated From cordia dichotoma Fruits Harshal Ashok Pawar1* and Pravin Jadhav2 1Assistant Professor and Head of Department (Quality Assurance), Dr. L. H. Hiranandani College of Pharmacy, Ulhasnagar-421003, Maharashtra, India 2Department of Quality Assurance, Dr. L. H. Hiranandani Colleg...

Wrightia tinctora is a tree widely used by the peoples of Tamil Nadu as a traditional medicine for pain and inflammations. Latex form the plant especially from leaves is directly applied on inflammation. This plant is very closely related to other species of Wrightia and hence pharmacognostical and preliminary phytochemical studies of Wrightia tinctoria leaves were carried out.

The microscopic and macroscopic characters of the rhizome of Curcuma domestica Val. were studied. The behavior of the powdered drug in the presence of various chemicals was also studied. Preliminary phytochemical screening on the various extracts of the rhizome was done in order to ascertain the various chemical constituents present. These studies were carried out to identify this plant for fut...