TY - JOUR AU - S, Sindhu AU - S, Manorama PY - 2014/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF COSTUS MEXICANUS LIEBM. - AN INSULIN PLANT JF - Kongunadu Research Journal JA - krj VL - 1 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.26524/krj15 UR - https://krjournal.com/index.php/krj/article/view/17 SP - 65-68 AB - Phytochemicals are extensively found at different levels in many medicinal plants. Costus mxicanus an important medicinal plant belongs to the family Costaceae. It is used for diabetics by traditional healers. The present study was undertaken to investigate the preliminary phytochemicals in the petroleum ether, acetone and ethanol extracts of leaves, stem and rhizome of Costus mexicanus Liebm. and the study revealed the presence of alkaloid, flavanoid, terepenoid in the Costus mexicanus ER -