Development of quality control parameters of ingredients of a folk remedy for piles and their comparative chemo profiling with homeopathic drugs#

Abstract

This study presents comparative TLC of ethanol extract of plants, Euphorbia hirta L. (Euphorbiaceae) and Gomphrena celosioides Mart. (Amaranthaceae), and formulation (E. hirta + G. celosioides, 4:1) was compared with some of the available homeopathic drugs for piles. Comparative chemo profiling showed that major components, present in homeopathic formulations of piles, were also found in both these plants and their folk remedial combination. Microscopically, E. hirta can be identified due to the presence of various types of simple, multicellular, uniseriate, warty and smooth trichomes and laticifers in traverse section (TS) of root, stem and leaves and G. celosioides due to the presence of long multicellular simple trichomes, anomalous secondary growth and pith in TS of root.