PHYTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION AND IN VITRO FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY OF SUCCESSIVE WHOLE PLANT EXTRACT OF ORCHID COTTONIA PEDUNCULARIS

摘要

Cottonia peduncularis, the only flowering plant species of monotypic genus Cottonia, found in Western ghats of India and in Srilanka. The orchid have high medicinal importance but there are no reports on Cottonia peduncularis so the present investigation