ANALYTICAL STUDY OF BILWA(AEGLE MARMELOS) ROOT COLLECTED IN DIFFERENT SEASONS

Abstract

The observations and the inferences drawn by ancient Acharyas regarding the plant material, appear very rational on the background of recently accumulated knowledge about the variation in phyto-chemical contents of plants, which is known to occur depending on place and time of collection.The study aims at comparing phyto-chemical aspect of Bilwa root collected during different seasons.For the present study, Bilwa root was collected in different season from Shri C.B.Guttal herbal garden, Dharwad is used for analysis.Phyto-chemical analysis of Bilwa root was done to screen for various component.From the observation of preliminary Phytochemical study in Bilwa root water soluble extractives shows some of the remarkable changes of Alkaloid, Steroid, Tannins and Flavanoids percentages and some of the changes observed in Loss on Drying, total Ash values and in Acid insoluble Ash values.