Department of Pharmacognosy, B.R.Nahata College of Pharmacy, Mandsaur-458001, (M.P) SIRO, Ministry of Science and Technology, GOI, New Delhi
*Corresponding Author E-mail: parialcognosy@rediffmail.com
Online published on 8 April, 2013.
Our present communication deals with pharmacognostical and preliminary phytochemical studies on the leaf of Ficus retusa, which is used in folklore uses of Mandsaur. No reports are available on macroscopical and microscopical and phytochemical studies, hence, the present attempt was undertaken to investigate the macroscopical, microscopical and phytochemical studies. The study revealed the presences of wide range of phytoconstituents like sterols, terpenoids, glycoside, flavonoids, polyphenols, proteins, and carbohydrates.
Ficus retusa syn. microcarpa leaf (Moraceae), Chilkan (Hindi), Indigenous medicine, Madhya Pradesh, Medicinal plants, Pharmacognostical characters, Preliminary phytochemical studies
