| Pleuretus florida commonly known as oyster mushroom is one of the important mushroom varieties of family pleurotaceae. Oyster mushrooms is ranked as second largest commercially cultivated mushroom varieties throughout the India. Oyster Mushroom is considered to be a complete, health food which issuitable for all age groups and have lots of medicinal properties. The present investigation was targeted for evaluation of phytochemical constituents present in Pleuretus florida mushroom extract. A freshly collected sample of Pleuretus florida mushroom were subjected for extract preparation by shoxlet extraction method. The solvent selected for extraction were distilled water and ethanol. Preliminary qualitative phytochemical test was performed for the identification of bioactive components i.e. carbohydrate, protein, fat, alkaloid, flavonoid, saponin etc. present in aqueous and ethanolic extract of oyster mushroom.
Keywords: Pleuretus florida, healthy food, extraction, Bioactive constituents.
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