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| Title: | Authentication and quality evaluation of an important Ayurvedic drug - Ashoka bark |
| Authors: | Khatoon, Sayyada
Singh, Neha
Kumar, Santosh
Srivastava, Neena
Rathi, Anshu
Mehrotra, Shanta |
| Keywords: | Ashoka
Pharmacognosy
Polyalthia longifolia
Saraca asoca
Saraca declinata
TLC |
| Issue Date: | May-2009 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| Abstract: | This paper presents authentication and quality evaluation of stem bark of Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Wilde, officially considered
as ‘Ashoka’, in comparison with stem barks of S. declinata Linn and Polyalthia longifolia Benth, which are also known as
‘Ashoka’. S. asoka is an important indigenous drugs for treatment of various female disorders. HPTLC profile shows characteristic
band under UV 366 nm as follows: S. asoca, Rf 0.53; S. declinata, Rf 0.18; and P. longifolia, Rf 0.13 0.21, 0.27, 0.38, 0.49.
Presence of stigmasterol in S. asoca and S. declinata and its b-sitosterol in stem bark of P. longifolia was observed. |
| Page(s): | 393-400 |
| ISSN: | 0022-4456 |
| Source: | JSIR Vol.68(05) [May 2009]
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