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Natural Products are produced by all plants, insects, fungi, algae and prokaryotes. All these organisms coexist in different ecosystems and interact with each other in various ways in which chemistry plays a major role. Many natural products are biologically active and have been used for thousands of years as traditional medicines. Phytochemicals are the naturally occurring chemical compounds which are present in all types of plants. On the basis of presence of different types of phytochemicals plants possess different types of properties such as anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti -viral, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. In traditional medicinal systems Ayurveda and Sidha due to the presence of different types of chemical compounds the medicinal plants are used to cure different types of animal diseases. In the present study the phytochemical analysis of a most important medicinal plant Vitex negundo L. belongs to the family Verbenaceae has been analyzed.