SCREENING OF TLC ACCOUNT OF ROOT EXTRACT OF PLANT ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS

One of the very powerful Ayurvedic drug is Asparagus racemosus wild. which is generally known as Shatavari belongs to both families Liliaceae and Asperagaceae. As health tonic and in various ailments it’s  juice and paste is used. To identify the bioactive compounds of the extract Thin layer chromatography(TLC) was performed for Methanolic extract. With the largest discriminating power the most suitable TLC system for analysis of  the extract was found in chloroform:methanol in this study. With UV lights at 254nm derivatization of TLC plates was done. Corresponding Rf  values were determine and different bands were observed. With Rf = Distance travelled by the solute (in cm)/Distance travelled by the solvent front (in cm).