%0 Journal Article
%T PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY OF INDIGOFERA TINCTORIA LINN
%A GUNASEKARAN BALAMURUGAN*1
%A SHINNARAJ SELVARAJAN2
%J International Journal of Drug Development & Research
%D 2009
%I Chauhan Publishers
%X ABSTRACTExtracts from the whole plant of Indigofera tinctoria Lin were investigated for their anthelmintic activity againstPheretima posthuma. Various concentrations (50 and 100 mg / ml) of each extract were tested in the assay, whichinvolved the determination of paralysis time and death time of the organisms. The methanol extract exhibited a maximumanthelmintic activity comparable to standard drug Piperazine citrate (10 mg/ml). The petroleum ether and chloroformextracts exhibited a modest activity. The Preliminary phytochemical analysis indicated the presence of variousphytoconstituents in all the tested extracts..
%K KEY WORDS: Indigofera tinctoria
%K Pheretima posthuma
%K Anthelmintic assay
%K Phytochemical screening
%K Tannin.
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