The pharmacognostic features of Cleome gynandra L. a traditional anticancer drug for ascertaining its authenticity. Macroscopic, microscopic, histochemical localization studies and preliminary phytochemical screening along with HPTLC analysis were carried out the aerial parts selected plant. results macro, quantitative revealed presence some unique microscopic features. Preliminary data suggest...

The study investigates the therapeutic potential of Citrus aurantium var. amara essential oil extracted from blossoms bitter orange plant by examining its chemical composition, thermal stability, and potency against infectious disease-causing pathogens. Initially, volatile components were evaluated obtaining a chromatographic fingerprint using HPTLC FTIR spectrum identification. Furthermore, pr...

Due to their complexity, multicomponent herbal drugs pose enormous analytical challenges for quality control (QC). Although they may have traditionally been used for hundreds of years, the information about their chemical composition is often still limited. Selecting suitable markers to monitor the identity and potency of the mixture is, therefore, difficult. There is also the possibility of na...

Viscum orientale Willd. (Family-Viscaceae) is a large hemi-parasitic, much branched shrubs with opposite and oblanceolate leaves. Flowers are produced in dichasial cymose traid clusters developing into ovoid to sub-globose berry. The plant is claimed to have medicinal applications mainly in neuralgia, diabetes and in the treatment of itch. Systematic pharmacognostical evaluation of aerial parts...

Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm. is a well known medicinal plant employed to cure various diseases. The Current study provides a detailed summary of pharmacognostical and phytochemical characters of rhizome to give clear standards for identification of the drug. The study revealed the presence of the oil cells in cortex and central cylinder region containing yellow to orange coloured oleo-resin is th...

Commercial precoated thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and highperformance TLC (HPTLC) plates with spherical or irregular particles have been compared on the basis of theoretical plate number (N), resolution (R), linearity, development time, and limit of sensitivity for analysis of a multicomponent analgesic tablet in the fluorescence quenching mode and analysis of a five-component dye mixture in...

In the present study, ethyl acetate, butanol and aqueous fractions derived from total methanol extract of Butea monosperma flowers were evaluated for radical scavenging activities using different in vitro models like reducing power assay, scavenging of 2,2 diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical, nitric oxide radical, superoxide anion radical, hydroxyl radical and inhibition of erythrocyte hem...