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et. Al., 1979 ) . 80% of the number of inhabitants in creating nations rely upon customary drugs,
by using plant parts by WHO (Vines 2004) . Etnomedicines is concerned with cultural
interpretations of health, disease and illness and also addresses the health care seeking process
and healing practices. Research interest and activities in the areas of ethnaobiology and
ethnomedicine haave increased tremendously in the last decades. Apart from that, these plants
plays a critical role in the development of human cultures around the whole world ( Akash,
Navneet, B.S.Bhandari, 2020 ). For developing phytomedicines as a major area of concern, it
would be essential to adopt a holistic interdisciplinary approach, have a scientific basis of the
understanding of the plant systems, new innovations and their conservation for utilisation in
future on a sustainable basis ( Sharma, 1997 ).

MATERIALS AND METHODS :
Collection of plant sample:
The leaves was collected from Tal-Dist-Palghar, Maharashtra,India

Achyranthes aspera

Phyllanthus niruri
Leea indica

Preparation of the extract
The leaves of the selected plants were washed thoroughly in tap water to remove dust particles.
The leaves were dried in shade at room temperature for 1 month and coarsely powdered by
mechanical grinder. The dried powdered sample was soaked in solvent like chloroform for 5

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