R. Ezhilarasi, B.Senthilkumar, K. Devi
Boerhaavia diffusa is one of the renowned medicinal plants used to treat large number of human ailments as mentioned in Ayurveda, Charaka Samhita, and Sushrita Samhita. The Plant in whole or its peculiar parts (Aerial parts and Roots) have a numerous medicinal properties and are used by endemic and tribal people in India. The phytochemical properties are important to classify plant chemical constituents because such knowledge will be of interest for the synthesis of complex chemical substances. Plants are known to have a wide range of secondary metabolites in them. The present study was aimed to evaluate the phytochemical constituents of leaf extracts of B.diffusa. This study showed the presence in Boerhaavia diffusa pharmacologically active compounds such as alkaloids, flavonoids, steroids, phenols and tannin.
Boerhaviadiffusa; Phytochemical Properties; Phytochemical Constituents; Bioactive Compound