The Journal of Indian Botanical Society

Indigofera cordifolia Hyene ex Roth.a dicotyledonous plant. It is a member of fabaceae family of herbs, shrubs and trees with a great variety of habitat, distributed in temperate and tropical areas. Indigofera is a large genus consisting of over 800 species all over the world (Hutchinson, 1964). In India about 60 species and 10 varieties of Indigofera are found (Hajra et ah, 1995). Indigofera has important medicinal uses. It is used as forage for animals due to high crude protein and calcium content.

The present paper deals with the phytochemical screening of therapeutic importance from Indigofera cordifolia Hyene ex Roth. This study involves the preliminary screening, quantitative analysis, qualitative thin layer chromatographic separation of amino acids from leaves and seeds of Indigofera cordifolia and IR analysis for the study of functional groups.