PHARMACOGNOSTIC STUDIES ON LEAVES OF Triumfetta rotundifolia LAM

Abstract

Triumfetta rotundifolia Lam. (Malvaceae) is annual, erect, woody and hairy, under shrub found on gravely soil and on wasteland. Leaves were found to be medicinally used by Banjara Tribe of Vidarbha Region (M.S.) on eye infection, typhoid and in post delivery problems. Anatomical and phytochemical studies of leaves were carried out. The phytochemical analysis was conducted to examine 16 types of bioactive molecules. The investigation revealed the presence of β-naphthol, flavones, flavanol, leucoanthocyanin, tannin, triterpenoids, steroids, cardiac glycosides, and digitoxose. Additionally, ash analysis was performed to assess minerals such as chromium, sodium, iron, zinc, calcium, aluminum, magnesium, manganese, copper, nickel, and potassium, both qualitatively and quantitatively.