PHARAMACOGNOSTICAL EVALUATION OF ANTIDESMA ACIDUM RETZ. LEAF: A WILD EDIBLE PLANT

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Poonam Patil
Varsha Jadhav (Rathod)

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A wild edible plant Antidesma acidum Retz. is large shrub belongs to family Euphorbiaceae. The leaves of Antidesma acidum Retz. are used as vegetable in rural area of Western Ghats and used against in dysentery and for appetizer. In present investigation macroscopic and microscopical characters of leaves were studied. The powder behaviour of leaves indicates the presence of starch, alkaloids, xanthoprotein, tannin, cystine and oil etc. The fluorescence analysis and phytochemical test were done.

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Patil, P., & Jadhav (Rathod), V. (2014). PHARAMACOGNOSTICAL EVALUATION OF ANTIDESMA ACIDUM RETZ. LEAF: A WILD EDIBLE PLANT. Journal of Advanced Scientific Research, 5(01), 28-31. Retrieved from https://sciensage.info/index.php/JASR/article/view/179
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