Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Pongamia pinnata Linn belonging to the Fabaceae family, holds significance as a crucial remedy in herbal medicine.
Aim Of The Study: The present study aims to determine the anticancer and antioxidant properties of the plant extract.
Material And Methods: The methodology includes extraction of the leaf sample by soxhlet method followed by the phytochemical analysis of leaf extract.
Bioactive compounds in plants are essential for the formation of novel chemotherapeutic drugs, which have been used in Ayurveda to treat a variety of illnesses. Indian medicinal herbs have been used for thousands of years to treat a variety of illnesses, such as fever, cancer, snake bites, rheumatism, skin problems, and neurodegenerative diseases. GC-MS was used to locate and categorize bioactive components in leaves.
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