Research Article
D. Mathivanan and S. R. Suseem
Abstract
In this paper we carried out the pharmacognostical evaluation, preliminary phytochemical and GC-MS analysis of A.echiodies leaf which was collected from Vellore district. In the present study crude extracts of petroleum ether, ethyl acetate, methanol and aqueous were prepared from the leaves of A.echioides by using Soxhlet apparatus hot continuous percolation method. The crude extracts were subjected to pharmacognostical and phytochemical analysis. Preliminary phytochemical screening reveals the presence of flavonoids, terpenoids, carbohydrate, protein, glycosides and phytosterols in A.echiodies. The physiochemical constants and its fluorescence properties of the leaf powder were observed and documented in this study. Further the leaf extracts were analysed by GC-MS. The GC-MS analysis reveals 3, 26 and 22bio active compounds from Pet ether, ethyl acetate and methanol respectively.