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Morphology, Microscopy, Physiochemical and Active Constituents Present on Leaves Part of Cucurbita Pepo

Sonia Singh Thakur, Manmohan Singh Jangdey, Khomendra Kumar Sarwa

Abstract


Cucurbita pepo found in very common in every were in India and also very nutritive and healthy. In India many people use this plant far food and curing diseases. This review gives a premilary identification of the plant. This review give detail about plant leaf morphology, microscopy, physio-chemical character and also reported its phytochemical constituents present in plant.


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