https://doi.org/10.33451/florafauna.v29i1pp187-191 FLORA AND FAUNA ISSN 2456 - 9364 (Online) 2023 Vol. 29 No.1 PP 187-191 ISSN 0971 - 6920 (Print) Compositions of Hibiscus rosasinensis floral extract infusion and its prospects of use as a health tonic *Archna Karel and Gargi Saxena Department of Home Science, IIS (Deemed to be University), JAIPUR-302020 (RAJ.) INDIA *Corresponding Author E-mail: akarel3@gmail.com Received : 20.02.2023; Accepted : 11.04.2023 ABSTRACT Herbal remedies are being practiced expeditiously. The beneficial effects of these herbal remedies on health problems have been observed and experienced by humans for thousands of years. Indigenous medicinal plants are more valued because they are acquirable and have low side effects. Nutritional composition and medicinal use of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis flowers have been conducted in this study. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis has medicinal properties for anti-tumor, anti- fertility, antipyretic, hypoglycemic, anti inflammatory, analgesic, antimicrobial, CNS depressant, and hypertensive activity and is a primary ingredient in many herbal teas. Among the different bioactive compounds contained in the flowers, polyphenol compounds are of the utmost importance for their antioxidant properties. Flowers have a wide range of pharmacological actions, which may be therapeutically beneficial for overall health and wellness of population, the need of the hour is for further research in clinical aspects. Consumption of tea made from the above- mentioned flower petals is being followed by a large number of people to control various lifestyle diseases. Since plants are easily available and no special conditions are required to cultivate and collect them, it could be a better choice to treat ailments. Figure : 01 References : 30 Tables : 02 KEY WORDS : Flower extracts, Health, Hibiscus rosasinensis, Medicinal plants, Pharmacological Introduction Lifestyle diseases are prevailed over by use of many indigenous medicinal flowers / plants that are edible. Since ancient times, several types of edible flowers have been utilized for nutritional and therapeutic purposes. Recently, a growing interest in finding prospective new edible flowers for cookery has emerged 7 . Edible flowers are non-toxic and consumed in human diet because of the health benefits 13 . They confer distinctive and potent color, flavor and aroma to the food, and therefore have gained popularity in the culinary world as an innovative ingredient 4 . Edible flowers are regarded as ornamental elements as their nutritional content is unrecognized by most people. However, all flowers cannot be considered edible due to the risks of presence of certain toxic chemicals 12, 15 . Therefore, more focus is needed to determine the presence of macro and micronutrients and effect of antinutritional factors found in common edible flowers. Generally, edible flowers are known to contain components similar to those contained in other parts of the plant from which they are sourced. They have a high water content, low content of fats and protein, carbohydrates and minerals in varied proportions. They possess various substances such as phenolic compounds, nitrogenous substances, carotenoids, vitamins, and their metabolites 17, 20 Studies on the extraction of antioxidants of edible flowers have been achieved by several procedures. Therefore, in the present work, edible petals of Hibiscus rosa- sinensis (Vernacular Hindi: gudhal) were characterized and evaluated in terms of nutritional and mineral constitution, and presence of bioactive compounds in different extracts. Materials and Methods Samples The flowers of Hibiscus rosa- sinensis (Gudhal) were procured from various sites of Ajmer city, Rajasthan. Flowers were dried at room temperature and pulverized. Then their powder passed through a mesh sieve and stored in airtight polyester containers until further use and for analysis (Fig. 1.). Proximate Analysis Proximate Analysis was done 2 . The six analyses