Abutilon indicum belongs to the family Malvaceae is known as Indian mallow commonly. The plant was traditionally claimed to possess many medicinal properties and was used in folklore and traditional system s of medicine like Ayurveda. It contains various chemical constituents like flavonoids, phenols, sterols, tannins etc. and was scientifically investigated for many activities like an immune stimulant, dieresis, anti-epileptic, anti-ulcer and anti-parasitic activities. This article reviews the research work that was performed on the plant to publish its phytochemistry, Pharmacognosy and Pharmacological profile of the plant.

Natural products continue to provide unique structural diversity in comparison to standard combinatorial chemistry, which presents opportunities for discovering mainly novel low molecular weight lead compounds. Schrebera swietenioides belonging to family Oleaceae is an important medicinal plant used in the treatment of leprosy, diabetes and hepatic disorders by ethnic people. Chromatographic methods like TLC and HPLC were used for the separation and identification of flavonoids present in methanolic and aqueous leaf extract was studied. The chromatographic methods available for the separation of flavonoids in TLC and HPLC were adopted for the study. Three compounds were identified in TLC study in methanolic and aqueous leaf extracts. In HPLC analysis, peaks corresponding to flavonoids were obtained and were identified by comparing with literature and confirm that methanolic extract contains Rutin, Quercetin and Myricetin where as in aqueous extract Rutin and Quercetin were observed.  The anti diabetic activity of isolated compounds was determined by literature and confirms that compounds were found to having potent anti diabetic activity. This proves that the anti-diabetic activity of S. swietenioides was due to the presence of these bio-active compounds

Natural products continue to provide unique structural diversity in comparison to standard combinatorial chemistry, which presents opportunities for discovering mainly novel low molecular weight lead compounds. Homalium zeylanicum belonging to family Flacourtiaceae is an important medicinal plant having traditional uses in diabetes, rheumatism and wound healing activities. Chromatographic methods like TLC and HPLC were used for the separation and identification of flavonoids present in methanolic and aqueous leaf extract was studied. The chromatographic methods available for the separation of flavonoids in TLC and HPLC were adopted for the study. Three compounds were identified in TLC study in methanolic leaf extracts. In HPLC analysis, peaks corresponding to flavonoids were obtained and were identified by comparing with literature and confirm that methanolic extract contains Rutin, Quercetin and Myricetin where as in aqueous extract Quercetin, Myricetin and Kaempferol were observed.  The anti diabetic activity of isolated compounds was determined by literature and confirms that compounds were found to having potent anti diabetic activity. This proves that the anti-diabetic activity of Homalium zeylanicum was due to the presence of these bio-active compounds