Pharmacognostic Study On Leaves Of Genus Grewia From Western Maharashtra

Abstract

The quantitative pharmacognostic properties from species of this genus Grewia were determined using leaf
powder sample. Several Grewia species are well familiar for their ethnobotanical importance and
therapeutic properties. These plants have many medicinal attributes like antidiabetic, analgesic, antibiotic
and antimicrobial 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 study viz., Sugars, Methanol, Ethanol, Pet ether, Acetone,
Chloroform and Benzene from leaf powder samples of Grewia plant species from Western Maharashtra
region.