Extraction and Phytochemical Screening of Tecoma Stans (Roots) and Trigonella Foenum-Graecum Linn. (Seeds)

Abstract

As per WHO 80% of the Indian population depends on the indigenous and traditional system of medicine for the treatment of various diseases. Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. Ex Kunth. and Trigonella foenum-graecum Linn. are widely used traditional herbal drugs for the treatment of various disease viz., fungal infection, inflammations, heart diseases and so on. In the present paper dried root and seeds of  Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. Ex Kunth. and Trigonella foenum-graecum Linn. were evaluated for extraction and preliminary phytochemical screening.