Assessment of Hepatoprotective and Antioxidant Activities of Ethanolic Extract of Tephrosia villosa in Albino Rats

Abstract

The leaves were collected from Tirumala hills. The voucher number is 1146. ExtractionThe collected whole plant of Tephrosia villosa was washed thoroughly with water and dried in the shade. The dried powder was defatted with n-hexane using Soxhlet apparatus. The defatted powder was dried at room temperature and then extracted using 95% ethanol by continuous hot percolation until the clear liquid was obtained in the siphon tube. After completing the extraction, the solvent was removed by steam distillation method to get a solid mass. After obtaining the Whole plant of Tephrosia villosa extract, the phytochemical screening was carried out to identify the various components in the extract.