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The herb is distributed throughout India. Herbs play an important role in our day to day life. They were the only source of medicine in olden days. Even today herbs are equally important to modern drugs as they have fewer side effects when compared to synthetic drugs. It has a long history of uses by indigenous and tribal people and in Ayurvedic or natural herbal medicines. Extract of roots of Boerhaavia diffusa was evaluated for antistress, adoptogenic activity in albino mice, by swim endurance test and cold restrain stress. The extract improved the stress tolerance by significantly increasing the swim duration and reducing the elevated WBC, blood glucose and plasma cartisol. The objective of the present study is to determined the chemical composition of the Boerhaavia diffusa root powder Products developed by Boerhaavia diffusa root powder were analyzed for moisture, ash, energy, fat, fiber, carbohydrate, iron, calcium and phosphorus. Moisture, ash, fat, crude fibre, protein and energy content were found 49.83%/100g, 4.16g/100g, 0.46g/100g, 4.5g /100g, 4.33g /100g, 133.88KJ respectively. Calcium content found to be 622mg/100g and phosphorous content of the Boerhaavia diffusa root powder was found to be 74.16 mg /100g.

Key words: Boerhaavia diffusa, Root powder, Chemical analysis.