Preliminary Phytochemical Investigations of Blepharismaderaspatensis(L.) Heyne ex Roth.andBlepharismolluginifolia Pers. whole Plant.

摘要

ABSTRACT The plants for the present investigation were collected from Mysore (Karnataka). Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Heyne ex Roth. and Blepharis molluginifolia Pers. They belong to the family Acanthaceae. Extracts are taken by using chloroform, petroleum ether, ethyl acetate and ethanol. Solvents were screened for secondary metabolites. Among all the four extracts, maximum phytochemicals were found dissolved in ethanol. The preliminary phytochemical tests indicated presence of steroids, ca.