Pharmacognostic and Preliminary Phytochemical Investigation of Leaves of Aralia Racemosa L.

Pharmacognostic and Preliminary Phytochemical Investigations of Anacardium Occidentale (linn.) Leaves

The present paper attempts to evaluate the physicochemical and preliminary phytochemical characteristics of Anacardium occidentale (Linn.), belonging to family Anacardiaceae. Anacardium occidentale is a tree native to Brazil and also found in tropical countries like Malaysia and India. The plant is reported to have anti-fungal, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. However there are no ...

Pharmacognostic and Phytochemical investigation of leaves of Pandanus odoratissimus Linn.f.

Pandanus odoratissimus Linn.f. (Syn: Pandanus fascicularis Lamk) belongs to the family Pandanacea, is a palm like small tree or shrub, which usually grow in old world tropics and few warm temperate regions. Mostly all parts are medicinally used. In the present study, histological, physical, powdered characteristics and preliminary phytochemical investigations were carried out on the leaves of P...

Pharmacognostic and Preliminary Phytochemical Investigations on Pterospermum Acerifolium Leaves

Pterospermum acerifolium plant is considered to be laxative, anthelmintic, stomachic and used in inflammation, blood disorders, ulcers and leprosy. The leaf was studied for pharmaconostic evaluations, including examination of morphological and microscopic characters, determination of leaf constants, ash values and extractive values. The morphological studies revealed that the leaf is dark green...

Pharmacognostic and Preliminary Phytochemical Investigation on Doronicum scorpioides Roots

Pharmacognostic and phytochemical investigation of Heracleum persicum Desf. ex Fischer

Background and objectives: Heracleum persicum aerial parts have been used in Iranian folk medicine for their therapeutic activities and as a spice and flavoring agent in Iranian foods and pickles. The present research was conducted to evaluate the pharmacognostic profile of H. persicum which will be useful in standardization for quality, purity, and sample ide...