Lemongrass

The leaf sheath of Lemongrass was collected from Hajipur locality in northern India, in 2010, and purchased from local folk medicinal plant dealer in Patna, Bihar, India. Lemongrass is an herb that people can use to make a nutritious tea. Study results suggest that lemongrass has a wide range of health benefits. The plant was identified and botanically authenticated at source and a voucher specimen (CAS#106/2011) ha sbeen deposited in the post graduate department of biochemistry, Patna University, Patna for future reference. Five hundred grams of plant samples were chopped into small pieces and crushed using a mortarand pastel to increase the surface area. Then, the plant samples were dried using a freeze dryer (Beta 1-8LD, Martin Christ, German) at -55°C, and 0.070 mbar for 48 h to remove the moisture content.

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