Pharmacognostical studies on Acalypha indica L.

In the present study, Acalypha indica L. plants were collected and their physicochemical, phytochemical and antimicrobial properties were screened. The, plant extracts containing carbohydrates, alkaloids, saponins, fixed oil and fats, gum, mucilage and flavonoids were qualitatively screened. Among the physicochemical properties such as loss on drying was 72.4 and total ash was 6.03. Its solubility percentage was higher in ethanol than water. Behaviour of plant powder in exposure in different colours with different chemical compounds to determine, fluorescent behaviour was entirely different in normal light than in UV light. Four amino acids such as alanine, threonine, valine and tryptophan were identified. Antibacterial potentiality of aqueous extract exhibited against Klebsiella pneumoniae and Serratia marcescens only. Methanol extract inhibit the growth of Citrobacter diversus and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Antifungal activity was screened only for Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Phytochemical and pharmacological evaluation of some selected medicinal plants

The medicinal plants most commonly cultivated and medicinally useful [like Annona squamosa, Coleus forskohlii, Cissus quadrangularis, Desmodium gangeticum and Stevia rebaudiana] were selected for physicochemical, phytochemical and pharmacological studies. Physicochemical values for these medicinal plants like total ash content, acid-insoluble ash, sulphate ash, water-soluble ash, loss on drying and solubility percentage were evolved. Qualitative phytochemical tests were carried out for all these medicinal plants. Quantitative estimation of major biological active compounds, total alkaloid, total glycosides and total terpenoids was carried out. Antibacterial and antifungal activities against E. coli, Streptococcus aureus, Staphylococcus pyogenes, Enterococcus faecalis, Aspergillus niger and A. flavus were studied. TLC profiles of alcoholic extracts of all these medicinal plants were established