Abstract

PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND IN VITRO HEPATOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY OF IPOMOEA OBSCURA

B. Meena and G. Santhi*

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 80% of the people of developing countries rely on traditional medicines, mostly plant derived drugs for their primary health needs. Medicinal and preventing specific ailments are considered to play a significant role in health care. The use of plants in traditional systems is an indispensable source of medicinal preparations. Hundreds of species recognized as having medicinal value. Indeed, „phytomedicines „ to link traditional and modern medicines. In the present study to investigate the phytochemicals, histochemical, fluorescence, GCMS analysis and hepatoprotective activity of Ipomoea obscura leaves. The results of the present study concluded that I. obscura leaves may be a good source of phytochemicals, histochemical, fluorescence, GCMS. Over all the leaves of I. obscura is a source of phytochemicals and possess hepatoprotective activity that can be important in oxidative stress mediated diseases diabetic, cancer, arthritis etc.

Keywords: Ipomoea obscura, phytochemicals, histochemical, fluorescence and GCMS.