Abstract

MICROSCOPICAL STUDY AND QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF STEROIDS IN SOYMIDA FEBRIFUGA LEAVES.

Shubhangi Kshirsagar*, Kirti Sahu Ujwala Dube and Sofia Moris

Abstract

The selected plant was reported to have wide ethnomedicinal use. The literatures revealed that there is lack of scientific reports on its leaf. So it is important to provide scientific means in a systematic manner. The present study mainly focuses on the ethnomedicinal importance of Soymida febrifuga. The ethnomedicinal documentation confirms about the potent activity of the leaf part of Soymida febrifuga. The present study provides evidence that For steroids, pet. Ether extract contains 22.46% and chloroform 23.97% steroids results obtained by Liebermann-burchard color reaction. The detailed microscopy reveals anomocytic stomata, spherical peltate scales, cuticle striations, stomatal index and palisade ratio etc. as identifiable characters.

Keywords: Soymida febrifuga, steroids, microscopy.