Pharmacognostical and Preliminary Phytochemical Studies on Moringa olifera Leaves Vaishnav Ashish*, Chandy Anish, Jhade Deenanath, Rai Sudhish School of Pharmacy, Chouksey Engg. College, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India *Corresponding Author: Ashish Vaishnav, School Of Pharmacy, Chouksey Engg. College, Bilaspur, CG, India E-mail: sudhishrai_pharma@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 21 March, 2013. Abstract Moringa oleifera is commonly known as drumstick. Traditionally it is uses as an antitumor, asthma, antibiotic, analgesic and free radical scavenging agents. There was no report on leaf part of plant and hence the present investigation deals with anatomical, microscopical, powder microscopy, determination of leaf constant, phytochemical parameters and extractive values. Phytochemical studies showed the presence of alkaloids, glycosides, fixed oil, flavonoids, proteins and steroids. Top Keywords Moringa oleifera, pharmacognostical, powder microscopy, phytochemical. Top |