Phytochemicals have vital properties to prevent or treat various common diseases. Identifying & isolating these phytochemicals will definitely help the human civilization. Thus, this study paper deals with exploring the phytochemicals & performing qualitative & quantitative estimation of the same. The roots of Aerva lanata was collected & subjected to extraction by solvents like chloroform, ethyl acetate, methanol and water by maceration method. Further qualitative & quantitative studies were done on the same. The results revealed chloroform, ethyl acetate, methanol and water observed to have 2.32%, 2.90%, 8.14%&3.44% respectively. The chloroform extract found to have presence of tannin only. In case of ethyl acetate phenol & tannin tested positive. The methanolic extract yielded somewhat grater number of phytoconstituents which are namely flavonoid, phenol & tannin. Finally, the aqueous extract tested positive for flavonoid & tannin. Results of TLC for phenol & flavonoid confirmed that along with the standard used for comparison, other classes of phenol & flavonoids are present in the Aerva lanata extract. Total phenolic content for Aerva lanata methanolic extract estimated to be 1.380 mg/100mg while the ethyl acetate & aqueous extract contain 0.866 & 0.613 mg/100 mg of phenol respectively. Total flavonoid content was estimated only in methanolic extract which was observed to be 1.280 mg/ 100 mg. From the obtained data it can be summarized that plenty of bioactive compounds are present in Aerva lanata root which can be further analysed for pharmacological activities.