PHYTOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF TODDALIA ASIATICA.L VAR. FLORIBUNDA STEM

        Objective: Plants been used in traditional medicine  for several thousand years. India is a home to a variety of traditional medicine systems that relay to a very large extent on native plant species for their raw drug materials. There are many reports on the use of plants in the traditional healing by either tribal people or indigenous communities of India. Now there is a need to look back towards the traditional medicine which can serve as novel therapeutics. Toddalia asiatica, has been in folklore use in India and China from 18th century. Since, this plant possess many medicinal properties, the present study was designed to evaluate the phytochemicals of stem extract of Toddalia asiatica.L. Var Floribunda. Methods: The phytochemicals of stem extract of Toddalia asiatica.L. Var Floribunda was analysed qualitatively and the presence of some phytochemicals are confirmed by HPTLC and GC/MS analysis. Results:The results of the above study conclusively validate the phytochemical treasures indulged in Toddalia asiatica. Var Floribunda.Keywords: Toddalia asiatica. L Var Floribunda, methanolic extract, phytochemicals, alkaloids, coumarins, HPTLC and GC-MS.Â