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| Title: | Pharmacognostical studies on Vata shrung, (Ficus benghalensis Linn. leaf primordium) |
| Authors: | Shantha, T R
Shetty, J K P
Ammal, Indira
Bikshapathi, T |
| Keywords: | Ficus benghalensis
Indigenous medicine
Karnataka
Leaf primordium
Medicinal plants
Pharmacognostical characters
Phytochemical studies
Vata shrunga |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2006 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00, A61P1/10, A61P1/16, A61P5/00, A61P5/24, A61P5/26, A61P5/30, A61P7/00, A61P7/04, A61P15/00, A61P15/08, A61P31/00, A61P31/02, A61P31/04 |
| Abstract: | The present
communication deals with pharmacognostical and preliminary phytochmical studies
on the leaf primordium of Ficus
benghalensis, which is used in Pumsavana
Samskar of Ayurvedic System of Medicine. Different plants parts are used to
cure number of diseases in indigenous system of medicine. No reports are
available on microscopical and phytochemical studies, hence, the present
attempt was undertaken to investigate the microscopical and preliminary
phytochemical studies. The study revealed the presence of simple starch grains,
clustered calcium oxalate crystals, patches of rounded to polygonal stone cells
with lignified cell walls, broad and narrow lumen, thick walled cells, abundant
unicellular trichomes and brown tannin content. |
| Page(s): | 388-393 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.05(3) [July 2006]
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