PRELIMINARY PHYSICO-PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF CYNODON DACTYLON LEAVES
Satya Prakash Maurya*, Maurya Anita, Asthana Amrita, Maurya Pooja and Maurya Somendra Kumar
ABSTRACT
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Family (Graminae/Poaceae) possess great medicinal importance. It is used for treatment of various diseases like diarrhea, gastroenteritis, dysentery, diabetes, hypertension, caries, wounds, pain and fever. It also possesses anti-microbial, anti-malarial, antitussive, hepatoprotective effects etc. It is very important to standardize the plant part phrmacognostically for its utilization in different formulation. The present study compacts with the pharmacognostical characterization along with preliminary phytochemical screening for understanding the active components in the plant. In preliminary phytochemical screening, presence of alkaloids, steroids, cardiac glycosides, flavonoids, triterpenoids were observed in methanol extract of the leaves.
Keywords: Cynodon dactylon (L.) powder.
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