Research Article
K. Karthikeyan and C. K. Dhana
Abstract
Alysicarpus monilifer L. (DC.) belonging to the family of Fabacea, which is a turf forming legume and native to Africa and Asia. In India it is distributed throughout the plains- Madras, Jammu, Bombay, Punjab, Gujarat- except Kutch and Bulsar, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Alysicarpus monilifer considered to be as an significant folklore medicine for the various ailments. A very less scientific studies have been conducted on its medicinal, pharmacological and ethano botanical aspects of this plants. The current study was carried out to analyze the active phytoconstituents present in the ethyl acetate extract of whole plant of Alysicarpus monilifer. Totally one hundred and fifty six constituents were identified in the gas chromatography with mass spectroscopic analysis of ethyl acetate extract of whole plant of Alysicarpus monilifer.