ABSTRACT
Annona squamosa is an evergreen shrub belonging to the family Annonaceae. These plants have medicinal importance, widely used in preparation of anti head like medicines. It has anticancerous activity, used as antioxidants. The Phytochemical present in these plants also shows the antimicrobial, larvicidal and insecticidal activity. Plant chemical also inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria and fungi. In present study, we focused on the Phytochemicals in stem bark of A. squamosa plant. For their extraction simple soxhlet extraction (Clevenger apparatus) was carried out by using different solvent that is aqueous and ethanol. In qualitative analysis alkaloids, proteins, carbohydrates, steroids, tannins, oxalate, quinine, phenols, amino acid were found in ethanolic extract except saponin and flavonoid while in aqueous extract all Phytochemicals were present but phenol and tannins are absent.