Pharmacognostical and Phytochemical Evaluation of the leaves of Bauhinia purpurea Linn.

Anc Sci Life. 2010 Oct-Dec; 30(2): 28–32.

PMCID: PMC3336273

Pharmacognostical and Phytochemical Evaluation of the leaves of Bauhinia purpurea Linn.

S. Pahwa,¹^* R. Mazumder,¹ S. Bhattacharya,² S. Kumari,¹ A. Mazumder,¹ and D. P. Singh¹

¹Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Noida Institute of Engineering & Technology, Greater Noida, India

²Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Technology & Science, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, India

^* Corresponding author

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Abstract

Various pharmacognostic parameters including macroscopy, microscopy, chemomicroscopy and behaviour of powdered drug on treatment with different chemical reagents were studied on the leaves of Bauhinia purpurea Linn. (Family Caesalpinaceae). Phytochemical screening of the plant part with various solvents revealed the presence of phenolic compounds, tannins, flavonoids, phytosterols, saponins and glycosides in it.

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