The importance of medicinal plants in traditional health care practices, providing clues to new areas of drug research and biodiversity conservation is now well recognized. Cassia auriculata L.belonging to Family Leguminoseae, commonly known as Tarwad ,is a wild crop and grown in most parts of India as a weed. It is an Perennial shrub, 50-150 cm high. Leaves are pinnate, auricle like up to 10 cm long rachis grooved, conical gland between each of two lowest pairs of leaflet, leaflets in 3 pairs, opposite, abovate, oblong and base ablique. It grown in dry soil throughout tropical parts of India. According to Ayurveda the leaves are acrid, laxative, antiperiodic, anthelmintic, ophthalmic, liver tonic, cardiotonic and expecauriculatant. The present study gives an account on its pharmacognostical profile and its anthelmintic potential. This research paper presents microscopic characters, physicochemical evaluation, element detection, extractive values, and fluorescent analysis. The preliminary phytochemical screenings of various extracts was performed to establish the pharmacognostic profile of the leaves. The anthelmintic effect of petroleum ether extract of against worms like Pheritima posthuma by Ghosh et. al. method. It shows the very good anthelmintic activity which was comparable with standard Piperazine citrate.
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