PHARMACOGNOSTIC, PHYTOCHEMICAL, PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND TLC PROFILE STUDY OF LEAVES THESPESIA POPULNEA SOL.EX.CORREA. (MALVACEAE)

Seema Yuvraj Mendhekar*, Komal Rajesh Shinde, Rajanigandha Rajendra Jori, S. L. Jadhav and D. D. Gaikwad

ABSTRACT

Thespesia Populnea Is A Very Important Medicinal Plant Belonging To The Family Malvaceae Which Is Used In Traditional System of Medicine. It Is Commonly Known As Indian Tulip Tree, Pacific Rosewood. It Is A Small Tree or Arborescent Shrub That Has A Pantropical Distribution, Found on Coast Around The World, Comman Native To Asia. Thespesia Populnea Is A Fast Growing, Medium Sized Evergreen Tree, Upto 10m Tall With Yellow, Cup Shaped Flowers Having Maroon Centre & Distributed Throughout Coastal Forest of India & Also Largely Grown As A Roadside –Tree. The Aim of Study Deals With Pharmacognostic & Phytochemical Studies of Leaves of Plant. Work Comprises of Collection, Identification, Microscopical & Phytochemical Evolution of Leaves of Plant. T.S. Shows Presence of Epidermis, Vascular Bundles, Glandular Trichomes, Leaf Showing Vein-Islet, Vein -Termination & Mucilage. Powder Shows Crystals of Peltate Scale. Extraction Is Carried Out By Using Soxhlet Extraction Technique. Alcoholic Exact of Leaf Shows Presence of Alkaloids, Carbohydrates, Flavonoids, Proteins & Amino Acid, Phytosterols, Gum, Mucilage, Terpenes, Saponins, Tannins Etc. Physicochemical Analysis Was Carried Out on This Leaves, Which Include Parameter Such As Moisture Content, Water Soluble Ash, Alcohol Soluble Ash, Alchol Soluble Extractive Value of Plant Were Determined. Tlc Profiling of Plant Extract In Different Solvent System Was Performed & Different Rf Values Are Obtained. The Plant Has Been Used As Astringent, Antibacterial, Anti-Diarroheal & Healing Activity.

Keywords: Thespesia populnea, Phytochemical screening, Microscopical study, Antihelmentic, TLC.