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EXTRACTION AND CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF LEAVES OF PTEROSPERMUM ACERIFOLIUM

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Herbal Medicine can be broadly classified into various basic systems: Traditional Chinese Herbalism, which is part of Traditional Oriental Medicine, Ayurvedic Herbalism, which is derived from Ayurveda, and Western Herbalism, which originally came from Greece and Rome to Europe and then spread to North and South America. Indian system of medicine comprises of Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy, Naturopathy and Yoga. Each of which uses the herbal constituents in some or the other form. Ayurveda is India's traditional, natural system of medicine that has been practiced for more than 5,000 years. Ayurveda is a Sanskrit word that literally translated means "science of life" or "practices of longevity." At present extracting the Pterospermum acerifolium, the extract contains carbohydrates, tannins-phenolic compounds, gums and mucilage's, flavonoids, saponins. From preliminary identification chemical tests it was confirmed that ethyl acetate extract had large amount of flavonoids.
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