PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF TULSI LEAVES

The objective of present study is phytochemical screening of tulsi leaves. Phytocemical analysis done for different constituents present such alkaloids, glycosides, tannins, resins, carbohydrateds present in tulsi leaves. The obtained result from whole study confirm the validity of the use of Ocimum sanctum plant as medicine in ancient medicinal traditions and suggest that some of the plant extracts possess compounds with antimicrobial properties. cirsilineol, circimaritin, isothymusin, apigenin and rosameric acid, are present in isolated aqueous extract of ocium sanctum. Ocium sanctum which may be useful against fever, syphilitic, ulcer, infl ammatory disease wounds, such as antimicrobial infection analgesic, antifungal, arthritis, anticancer, eye disease, antifertility, hepatoprotective, chronic fever, antispasmodic, antiemetic, cardio protective etc. In protective antioxidant supplement ocimum sanctum leaf extrac tmay be used after the analysis of certain tests. After this study it is assumed that the extract could be used for the new formulations.