PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY ON LEAVES OF ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS.LINN.

T. Naveenkumar, D. Nireshkumar, S. Neelakandan, B. Sangameswaran, M. Suganya*

Abelmoschus esculentus (okra), is a widely cultivated plant, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. Pharmacognostical involves the study of macroscopic characteristics of the leaves of Abelmoschus esculentus are large, lobed, and have a characteristic dark green colour. The leaf surface is rough with veins. The leaf’s internal structure consists of a like upper epidermis, lower epidermis, vascular bundle, spongy parenchyma, palisade parenchyma. Then trichome and stomata are predominantly present in lower epidermis. Vascular bundle enlarged consist of xylem and Phloem. Preliminary physicochemical studies confirmed the purity of the drug. The phytochemical investigation showed that the presence of Alkaloids, Flavonoids, Terpenoids, Anthraquinone glycoside, Phenolic compounds, Saponins.