1.2 Extraction procedure:
The roots were shade dried, broken into small pieces and powered coarsely. About 1000 gm
of air dried powdered material was extracted with 99.9% of ethanol in a soxhlet extractor for
15 cycle. The extract was concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure and controlled
temperature (40-50o
C) using rotary evaporator. The ethanolic extract yielded an brown
sticky mass weighing 32g and extractive value was found to be 8.431% w/w. the extract was