PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION ON LEAVES OF ACHYRANTHES ASPERA

Saxena somesh

ABSTRACT

Achyranthes aspera Linn is a potential folklore medicinal plant (amaranthaceae) used as an antioxident and antiinflammatory. The plant material was dried in shade, crushed and subjected to prepare different sequential and non-sequential extracts using soxhlet apparatus. Extracted ethyl acetate, methanol and other solvent fractions ware treated in phytochemical screening and show that identification of glycoside, Triterpene, diterpene, alkaloids, tannins - phenolic compounds, Saponins, steroids and sterols, protein and amino acids as the major chemical groups. Extract ware also studied for physical evaluation, fluorescence characteristic, ash value, moisture content. The results exhibited the presence of different phytochemical. All these phytochemical have potential therapeutic or physiological actions on human system, for that the leaves of A. Aspera can stand as a potential source of some vital drugs.

Keywords: Achyranthes aspera, Antioxidants, Phytochemical.