Pharmacognostic and phytochemical studies on Amaranthus graecizans L.

In present paper an attempt has been made to find out the pharmacognostic, phytochemical and analytical characteristics of Amaranthus graecizans, an important medicinal plant being used traditionally for the treatment of various ailments. The important parameters studied are macroscopic characteristics, fluorescence behaviour under UV light, successive extractive values, total ash, acid insoluble ash, quantitative ash analysis for inorganic constituents and qualitative analysis of different extractives for organic chemical constituents. TLC, UV, TLC finger prints of different extractives and their analyses have also been performed