Studies on the Compounds and its Antifungal Potentiality of Fungi Isolated from Sugarcane Field Soils of Harur, Dharmapuri District

摘要

Aerva javanica Juss. and Aerva lanata Juss. belongs to family Amaranthaceae and is being used in the indigenous systems of medicine as a ailment for Kidney stone, diarrhoea, cholera and snakebite. These species are commonly known as pashanbhedi. The drug part is usually used as the roots. The present studies include the macroscopic, microscopic characters, histochemistry and phytochemistry. The phytochemical screening is also confirmed by HPTLC analysis for Quercetin.