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| Title: | Comparative anatomical studies on seeds of Mucuna Adans. and Canavalia DC. specie |
| Authors: | Vijayambika, C
Jegadeesan, M
Ganthi, A Saravana |
| Keywords: | Anatomical studies
Seeds
Atmagupta
Konch
Mucuna
Canavalia
Osteo-sclereids
Tracheid bar
Medicinal Plant. |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl.(2011.01)—A61K 36/00 |
| Abstract: | The corpus of anatomical knowledge has
contributed tremendous share in systematic, interrelationship, physiology and
pharmacognosy. Anatomical studies have become much relevant in the context of
hundreds of new plants entering in to the crude phyto-drug markets to identify
market samples which are sometimes adulterated with other species. The present
study highlighted microscopic parameters of market samples of Mucuna pruriens (Linn.) DC., known as
Atmagupta in Sanskrit and Konch in Hindi, to resolve the botanical identity of
its seeds. Preliminary survey in Tamil Nadu also revealed that seeds of Mucuna pruriens and other six species,
viz. M. cochinchinensis (Lour.) A.
Chev., M. deeringiana (Bort) Merr., M. utilis Wight, M. atropurpurea (Roxb.) Wight & Arn., Canavalia ensiformis (Linn.) DC. and C. virosa (Roxb.)
Wight & Arn. are sold as Poonaikali.
The features, viz., rim-aril, cuticle, palisade layer of osteo-sclereids or
macrosclereids, hour glass cells, mesophylls and tracheid-bar are common to all
the observed specimens. However, anatomical structures at hilar region are more
important for diagnostic purpose. Shape and size of rim-aril also play major
role in delimiting the taxa. The surface architecture of the seed at micropylar
region also varies. |
| Page(s): | 81-87 |
| 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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