Preliminary Phytochemical analysis of Root Extracts of Coleus forskohlii Briq

Coleus forskohlii is an important medicinal plant which are used in many multiple medicinal purposes as antispasmodic, stimulant and stomachic and is used for the treatment of headache, fever, epilepsy and dyspepsia. It is used to treat conditions such as indigestion, diarrhoea, nervous tension, insect bites, toothache, earache, rheumatism, whooping cough, and bronchitis. The present study was aimed to investigate the phytochemical analysis of Coleus forskohlii root. The root extracts of Coleus forskohlii were prepared using different solvents like petroleum ether, ethanol, Chloroform and distilled water and the phytochemical screening was performed. The highest phytoconstituent were present in ethanol extract such as alkaloids, Carbohydrate, quinones, phenols, tannins, terpenoids, glycosides, steroids and saponins and terpenoids compared to other extract.