The Pharmacognostic and Proximate Composition Analysis from Leaf part of Genus Grewia

Abstract

The quantitative pharmacognostic properties and nutritional composition from species of genus Grewia were studied using leaf powder sample. Several Grewia species are well familiar for their ethnobotanical importance and therapeutic properties. Any plant which possesses medicinal properties should be subjected to detailed pharmacognostic study so that its proper identification can be done. The perspective of present study was to carry out the pharmacognostic determination viz., Sugars, Methanol, Ethanol, Pet ether, Acetone, Chloroform and Benzene as well as the biochemical analysis viz., dry matter, crude protein, crude fat, crude fibre, cellulose, carbohydrates, total ash and gross energy of the plant parts using leaf powder samples of ten species of Grewia (G. asiatica, G. abutilifolia, G. damine, G. flavescence, G. aurantifolia, G. nervosa, G. serrulata, G. orbiculata, G. villosa, G. tenax and G. tilifolia) from Western Maharashtra region.