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Phytochemicals are chemical compounds that occur naturally in plants. Plant based medicines are important for curing diseases. The medicinal value of plant lies in the bioactive phytochemical constituents of the plant. Phytochemical screening is one of the technique to identify new sources of therapeutically and industrially important compounds like alkaloids, flavonoids, phenolics, steroids, tannins, saponins etc. present in the plant extracts. These compounds can be derived from any part of the plants like bark, leaves, flowers, seeds, etc. Knowledge of the chemical constituents of plants is desirable because such information will be of value for the synthesis of new bioactive compound/s for treating the specific disease. The study of phytochemical screening is a step towards identifying the various important compounds which could be used as the base of modern drugs for curing various diseases. Different solvents are used under a time and temperature condition for extraction. Gas Chromatographic Analysis confirmed the presence of important phytochemicals in the Grass sample considered for the study.