Preliminary Phytochemical Screening of Tephrosia purpurea of Family Leguminoceae

Tephrosia purpurea of family Leguminoceae is a shrub distributed in most places throught the country. Preliminary chemical examination shows the presence of flavonoid compound. The crude drug may be of antihistaminic value which is to be established eperimentally. In this research paper preliminary work regarding Tephrosia purpurea has been given such as Percentage yield of crude extract of Tephrosia purpurea by soxhlet extraction method and Thin Layer chromatography/Column Chromatography of 90 % Methanolic extract of plant materials with Rf value and the color characteristics. The work is quite progressive and rest of the work will be submitted in another paper.