Abstract

The plant family Euphorbiaceae, Mallotus Philippinensis, was the subject of the current study, which sought to evaluate its pharmacognostic, phytochemical, and pharmacological properties. Organoleptic, microscopical, and physicochemical evaluations, such as ash values, extractive values, moisture content, swelling index, foaming index, and foreign matter, were performed as part of the pharmacognostical inquiry. The acquired data demonstrated that 1.74% moisture content was discovered. Similar to that, a swelling index of (0.8cm) was noted. Index of foaming (less than 100). The results of a phytochemical examination that comprised serial soxhlet extraction were 4.9%, 5.45%, 9.77%, 8.75%, and 4.4%, respectively, for petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, ethanol, and distilled water. The initial qualitative phytochemical screening identified the presence of fixed oils, lipids, alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, steroids, and phenolic substances. A pharmacological study examined the anthelmentic properties of an ethyl acetate plant extract from Mallotus Philippinensis. The 200 mg/kg dose will have favourable pharmacological effects.

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