QUALITATIVE PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF EULOPHIA NUDA LIND AN ENDANGERED TERRESTRIAL ORCHID

Eulophia nuda Lind is a endangered terrestrial Orchid it is distributed In Assam, Tamilnadu, Eastern Himalayas, China, Laos etc, In India it is found in M.P, Maharashtra etc. It is used as a traditional medicine since time immortial, It is being used for tumors, Scrofulous affection, anthelmintic, bronchitis and various health problems by local folk healers ,the juice of the plant is also employed in treatment of snake bite (Sikarwal et-al 2008),hence according to the significance of the plants in traditional medicine and the importance of the distribution of the chemical constituent were discussed,preliminary phytochemical analysis of identified plant tubers of Eulophianudalind were shed dried and powdered selected parts are subjected to successive extraction in different solvent using soxhlet apparatus, and the phytochemical analysis was carried out to quantify the active ingredients. Adopting the procedure described by Sofowara (1993), Trease and Evans(1989), Harborne (1973) and Parekh and Chanda (2007),plant extracts show the positive tests for alkaloids, Saponins, Cardiac glycosides, Tarpenoids, Steroids Flavonoids, and shows negative test for tannins and phlobatannins by doing many confirmatory tests.