Preliminary Pharmacognostic Evaluations and Phytochemical Studies on Leaves of Bauhinia Racemosa (Sonapatti)

Abstract

The leaves of Bauhinia Racemosa (Sonapatti) are reported to have great medicinal value. Also known as Kachnar & Mountain ebony belongs to family Caesalpiniaceae. Pharmacognostic evaluation including examinations of morphological and microscopic characters, ash value, powder analysis, phytochemical screenings with help of TLC and extractive values were carried out. The objective of this work was to provide some additional parameters