PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND TLC PROFILING OF TEPHROSIA PURPUREA LEAVES AND STEM

Tephrosia purpurea is a Ayurvedic plant commonly known in Sanskrit as 'sharapunkha belong to family Fabaceae. The whole plant and various parts of the plant are useful as ayurvedic medicines. The pharmalogical studies have shown that Tephrosia purpurea posses biological activities such as antibacterial, antimicrobial, antioxidant and wound healing properties In the present study phytochemical analysis and thin layer chromatography profiles were performed on different solvent extractions like methanol, ethanol, petroleum ether, and chloroform extract of Tephrosia purpurea.. The phytochemical analysis done in various extracts showed the presence of carbohydrates, flavonoids, steroids, protein, resident sugar,tannins glyserols . The TLC profiling of leaves and stem extract on different solvent systems showed the presence of various phytochemical analysis.