PRELIMINARY PHYSICO – PHYTOCHEMICAL & PHYTO – COGNOSTICAL EVALUATION OF THE LEAVES OF NELUMBO NUCIFERA GAERTN

Vishwakarma Anjali, Yadav Rahul Kumar, Shreyansh Kumar, Sharma Shweta, Samanta Krishanu*

ABSTRACT

Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn (Family Nelumbonaceae) are broadly used in traditional system of medicine throughout different part of India, China & America. It is used in the treatment of of pharyngopathy, pectoralgia, spermatorrhoea, eukoderma, small pox, dysentery, cough, haematemesis, epistaxis, haemoptysis, haematuria, metrorrhagia, hyperlipidaemia, fever, cholera, hepatopathy and hyperdipsia. It is very important to standardize the plant part pharmacognostically for its utilization in different formulation. The current study deals with the determination of morphological character, determination of their physical values like total ash, acid insoluble ash, water soluble ash, loss on drying, foaming index, swelling index. Also determine the presence or absence of phytochemicals such as Alkaloids, flavonoids, phenolic compounds, tannins, glycosides & terpenoids.

Keywords: Nelumbo nucifera, Nelumbonaceae, Indian lotus, flourescence, tannins.