Pharmacognostic and Preliminary Phytochemical Evaluation of the leaves of Leucas zeylanica

Leucas zeylanica Linn belongs to the family Lamiaceae, the leaves of Leucas zeylanica are dried andpowdered. Extraction was done by using two solvents like acetone andethanol by soxhalation method. In this present study, the pharmacognostic andpreliminary phytochemical screening was performed for two extracts it indicates the presences of carbohydrates, flavonoids, alkaloids, glycosides.