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| Title: | Macroscopical, anatomical and physico-chemical studies on leaves of Coccinia indica Wight & Arn., growing wildly in eastern Uttar Pradesh region of India |
| Authors: | Hussain, Arshad
Wahab, Shadma
Rizvi, Aleza
Hussain, Md. Sarfaraj |
| Keywords: | Coccinia indica
Ivy Gourd
Kundru
Anatomy
Physico-chemical
Cucurbitaceae
Wild
Medicinal Plant. |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl. (2011.01)—A61K 36/00 |
| Abstract: | Coccinia
indica Wight & Arn. of family Cucurbitaceae,
called Ivy Gourd in English and Kundru or Bimb in Hindi, is a wildly growing
climber or trailing weed in eastern Uttar Pradesh region of India. Its
leaves are traditionally used for treatment of various diseases like wounds,
ulcers, inflammation, skin diseases, fever, asthma, cough, diabetes and anemia.
An attempt has been made to highlight this folk herbal medicine through present
study which will assist in the identification of fresh as well as dried crude
samples of leaves anatomically and physicochemically. TLC fingerprint profiling
and fluorescence analysis of powdered leaves were also carried out and the
salient qualitative and quantitative parameters are reported. These studies
will provide referential information for correct identification and help in
checking adulteration in market samples used in the preparation of various
herbal medicines. The present observation will also be helpful in
differentiating the leaves of this species from closely related species of same
genus and family. |
| Page(s): | 74-80 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print) |
| Source: | IJNPR Vol.2(1) [March 2011]
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