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Crinum malabaricum (malabar river-lily) is endemic plant group and described new to science (Lekhak and Yadav 2012).Which comes under the family Amaryllidaceae and it was assessed as critically endangered using the IUCN criteria(Lansdown, R.V. 2016).The plant is a source of the acetylcholinesterase(AChE) inhibiting alkaloid galanthamine used to treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.The bulbs of this plant contain the highest amount of galanthamine among Crinum species (Mani et al., 2023). In this study methanolic, ehthyl acetate ,chloroform extract of leaves of the plant was studied phytochemically using various quantitative assays and chromatographic technique like High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) and Gas Chromatography- Mass Spectrometry(GC-MS). On quantitative assays C. malabaricum showed higher flavanoid content and phenolic content. GC-MS result of methanol extract leaves showed presence of Lycorine ,Hexadecanal, 9-octadecanoic acid, phytol .Lycorine possesses multiple pharmacological effects. Which has action of inhibition of acetylcholinesterase(AChE),anti tumor, anti bacterial, anti viral, antifungal effects. Ethyl extract leaves showed presence of pentadecane, cyclopropane nonyl, E14 hexadecenal and Chloroform extract of leaves showed presence of loliolide, octadecanal, 2,4-ditert butyl phenol.