Phytochemical analysis of Leucaena leucocephalaon various extracts
Journal Title: The Journal of Phytopharmacology - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 6
Abstract
The plants play a vital role in human life. Every plant has some disease curative properties in it. Even the fodder plants have medicinal properties. In the similar way the present research was carried out to study phytochemicals present in the leaves of fodder plant Leucaena leucocephala. The result showed that presence of valuable secondary metabolites like flavonoids, saponins, phenols, tannins, cardiac glycosides, phlobatannin and terpenoids on various extracts of leaves.
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Revathi Deivasigamani
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