PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND IN VITROANTI-INFLAMMATORYACTIVITY OF CAPPARIS MOONII WIGHT

Abstract

AyurvedicsystemofmedicineisoneoftheoldestsystemsinIndia.Herbsandherbalproducts, with their incredibly wide use throughout time and place, continue to provide real health benefits while maintaining safety profile. The conservative drug available in the marketplaceto treat inflammation produces various side effects. To conquer these problems,medicinal plants play a major role to alleviate many diseases related with inflammation and analgesia. Capparis mooniiWight(Family -Capparidaceae) is one of the most famous timber plants in the world and is renowned for its dimensionalstability, extreme durability and hard which also resists decay even when unprotected by paints and preservatives. The objective of present study was to evaluate phytochemical screening and in vitroanti-inflammatory activity of ethanolic extracts of Capparis mooniiWightfruit.CapparismooniiWightfruitshowsmanyactivitiessuchasanthelmintic,anti-itching also. The results of plant extractcontaining various phytochemicals like flavonoids, glycosides,alkaloids which were found to have significant (P<0.005) in vitroanti-inflammatory activity.