Isolation, Phytochemical Screening and Pharmacological Evaluation of Tagetes erecta Leaves Extract

Tagetes erecta plant Synonym Aztec Marigold. The Tagetes erecta commonly known as Genduphul. the leaves of plant collected and authenticated and powdered and extracted with methanol as solvent by soxhlet extraction method. The phytochemical evaluation and phytochemical screening of extract was done, the plant showed presence of flavanoids, tannin, alkaloids, carbohydrate, terpenoids. These constituent was separated from each other by thin layer chromatography, Isolated by column chromatography these spots was send for spectral analysis .the antiulcer activity was performed, by ethanol induced method.