EXPLORING PHARMACOGNOSTIC, PHYTOCHEMICAL, PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF TINOSPORA CARDIFOLIA

Leaf is light green colour, bitter taste, heart shaped, length 8-12cm, width 7-11cm. Stem were greenish(fresh), brown(dry), slight characteristics bitter taste, cylindrical twisted in shape 0.5-6cm in diameter, smooth or rough and warty surface. Microscopic observations of leaf shows covering and glandular trichomes, single layer and straight upper epidermis where as single layer and wavy lower epidermis. Vascular bundle xylem and phloem, cambium, collenchyma. T.S. of stem show epidermis, cork, cortex, vascular tissue (xylem phloem), pith. Characteristics of stem powder: -Nature coarse powder, Colour Greenish-brown, Odour Slightly aromatic earthy, Bitter taste. Ethanolic soluble extractive value- 2.66%, water soluble extractive value- 3%, Total ash 5.33%, Water- soluble ash 6.34%, Acid- insoluble ash 1.16%, moisture content 2.03%, extract percentage yield 1.45%, phytochemicals screening reveals presence of Carbohydrates, alkaloids, glycosides tannin, proteins, flavonoids and saponin. TLC of ethanolic extract (Rf value 0.8,0.86,0.88).