The present investigation was designed to assess the Pharmacognostical And Phytochemical Investigations On Sphaeranthus indicus (Family: Astraceae), commonly known as Gorakhmundi.S. indicus is a branched, hairy and strongly scented herb with spathulate, sessile leaves and pinkish purple flowers.Leaf shows both simple (uni-multicellular) and glandular type of trichomes. Powdered drug shows large number of various types of trichomes, pollen grains in pollen sacs and Guard cell stomata. Preliminary phytochemical screening of the ethanol extract revealed the presence of different types of compounds including flavonoids, steroids, terpenoids, saponin, glycoside and tannin.
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