PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY OF INDIGOFERA TINCTORIA LINN

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..