Evaluation on Phytochemical Screening and Anthelmintic Potencies of Leaf Extracts of Caryota urens (L.) in Aqueous and Alcoholic Solvents

Abstract

Caryota urens (L.) belonging to the family of Arecaceae having synonyms as fishtail palm, kithul palm, toddy palm is a palm tree having many uses in respect to its traditional literature but with very little scientific evidences. The current research work is aimed to perform the comparative phytochemical analysis of the leaf extracts of Caryota urens in alcoholic and aqueous solvent and determine the anthelmintic potency using Pheretima posthuma as test specimens. The research was initiated by collecting the fresh plant material and its authentication then was studied for its morphological features to confirm its identity and compared its phytocompound detection in aqueous and alcoholic extracts followed by evaluation of anthelmintic efficacy in both extracts and the results are verified by studying the parameters like time of paralysis and time of death and the potency was compared with reference standard Albendazole. The alcoholic and aqueous extract of Caryota urens(L.) exhibited significant anthelmintic activity as evidenced by dose dependent paralysing time and death time. Further extensive research is required for determining their pharmacological activities.