ISSN No. (Print): 0975-1718 ISSN No. (Online): 2249-3247 Phytochemical Estimation of Tephrosia purpurea Seed Eextract Muddasir Basheer, Seema Rai, Hindole Ghosh and Younis Ahmad Hajam Department of Zoology, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh), India. (Corresponding author: Seema Rai) (Received 12 November, 2017 accepted 15 December, 2017) (Published by Research Trend, Website: www.researchtrend.net) ABSTRACT: India is very rich in medicinal plant diversity, but little information is known about their chemical nature and medicinal values. The extraction of plant components is essential to isolate bioactive compounds which are aimed to understand their role in the treatment of a number of diseases. The present study was designed to explore the preliminary phytochemical analysis of seed extract of Tephrosia purpurea. Preliminary phytochemical analysis for alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, phenols, saponins, proteins, carbohydrates tannins and terpenes were made by following the standard procedures. Qualitative evaluation confirmed the presence of various biochemical constituents. The presence of various bioactive compounds depicts that that this plant may be used for treating a number of diseases including polycystic ovary syndrome. Keywords: Phytochemicals, bioactive compounds, alkaloids, flavonoids, Tephrosia purpurea I. INTRODUCTION India is very rich in biodiversity especially in medicinal plants. The state of Chhattisgarh is known to have a rich wealth of medicinal plants but most of them have remained unexplored. Plants are known to possess a multitude of bioactive compounds which may be helpful in the remedy of various diseases including PCOS. Tephrosia purpurea (TP) is one of those plants. It is a highly branched, sub-erect, herbaceous perennial herb. It is a perennial herb which occurs throughout the India [1]. It is commonly known as ‘Sharapunkha’ which means that it has the property of healing all types of wounds [2]. It grows on hard and stony grounds [3]. These plants have wide range of therapeutic activity. Tephrosia purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the family, Fabaceae, which grow in poor soils. It has about four hundred species distributed throughout the world [4] among which twenty four species were recorded in India [5]. This plant is one of the excellent gifts by the nature for human beings as it is composed of all such elements which fall under essential constituents that are required for normal and good health of human beings. It offers many important components of some preparations such as Tephroli and Yakrifit which are used for various liver disorders [6]. In Ayurvedic system of medicine, various parts of this plant are used as remedy for impotency, asthma, gonorrhea, rheumatism, diarrhea, ulcer and urinary disorders. Tephrosia purpurea is well documented for its immunoprotective, hepatoprotective and cell membrane integrity enhancing effect in various models of animals [7,8]. Tephrosia purpurea has played an key role in the traditional medicine. Literature survey till date recommends Tephrosia purpurea as a valuable herbal therapy because of its antioxidant [9], antibacterial [10], anti-inflammatory [11], hepatoprotective [12], anti-diabetic activity [13], antibiotic [14], wound healing [15] properties. Traditional medicines of herbal origin are the naturally occurring substances with a minimum or no processing and have been used to treat various illnesses. These herbal medicines are getting significant attention in global health debates. Traditional medicine has established promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative role [16,17]. Therefore, present study was carried out for qualitative phytochemical estimation of seed extract of Tephrosia purpurea. II. MATERIALS AND METHODS A. Chemicals All the chemicals used during the study were of analytical grade and procured from Himedia Laboratories Ltd. Mumbai, India and SRL Pvt. Limited Mumbai. B. Plant Material collection and identification Tephrosia purpurea was collected from the premises of Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Koni, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. The plant material was authenticated by the taxonomist from Department of Botany, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur. International Journal of Theoretical & Applied Sciences, 10(1): 51-53(2018)       