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Abstract
Ceiba Pentandra(L.) Gaertn. belongs to family Bombacaceae is a gigantic, fast-growing tree distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world and planted as a wayside and shade tree.
The different parts of the plant have been used in traditional medicine as emetic, diuretic and antispasmodic. It has been also recommended for the treatment of diabetics, bronchitis, skin diseases, diarrhea, dysentery, eye diseases, arthitis, insect bite and chronic fever. Recent pharmacological investigations have indicated that different extracts, extract- fractions and occasioinally pure compounds from various morphological parts of the plant are useful as anti-inflammatory, hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, anti-ulcerogenic, and hepatoprotective.
Our study is partitioned as:
Part I: Botanical study
Part II: Establishment of DNA fingerprint
Part III: Phytochemical study:
A. Preliminary phytochemical screening.
B. Investigation of the lipids content of n-hexane extract.
C. Establishment of the HPTLC fingerprints profile.
D. Phytochemical study includs isolation and identification of the possible different constituents of the plant.
Part IV: Biological study.