• A. Nowrin Fathima
• R.Ananthalakshmi
• R. Vishnupriya
• A.C.Gomathi

The Plantain flower bract of Musa Paradisiaca have many beneficial medicinal values. Musa paradisiaca is an ever-green tropical plant which belongs to the family musaceae. It belongs to the kingdom - Plantae, Divisions - Angiosperms, Order - Zingiberales, Family – musaceae, A Genus -musa. Plantain flower bract which is not used as ingredients for food and considered as useless material has minerals such as K, Fe, Ca, Mg and Vitamins like vitamin B3 and B2. In this study, the aqueous extract of plantain flower bract was prepared and analyzed for phytochemical constituents presence. It is reported that they posses Carbohydrates, Sterol &Steroids, Quinones / Anthraquinones, Alkaloids, Leucoanthocyanidins, Tannin, Anthocyanin and Terpenoids and shows absence of Amino Acids and Proteins, Phenols, Glycosides, Cyanogenic Glycosides, Flavonoids, Volatile oils and Lignin.

Musa Paradisiaca, Bracts, Aqueous Extract, Phytochemical.

"PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF PLANTAIN FLOWER BRACT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.391-398, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903354.pdf

"PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF PLANTAIN FLOWER BRACT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp391-398, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903354.pdf