The Journal of Phytopharmacology, 2015;4(2):61-67 ; DOI:10.31254/phyto.2015.4201
Macro microscopic fingerprints of panchanga of Ishwari- Aristolochia indica Linn
Mohammed Faisal1 , Bairy Sridhar2 , KN Sunil Kumar3
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Dravyaguna, SDM College of Ayurveda, Kuthpady, Udupi, Karnataka-574118, India
2. Professor and HOD, Department of PG studies in Dravyaguna, SDM College of Ayurveda, Kuthpady, Udupi, Karnataka-574118, India
3. Senior Research Officer, Department of Pharmacognosy, SDM College of Ayurveda, Kuthpady, Udupi, Karnataka574118, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
The drug Ishwari or Nakuli is botanically equated to Aristolochia indica Linn. The drug has been mentioned in Samhitha Granthas in different form for the condition like sheetha jwara (fever with rigor), sarpa visha (snake bite poisoning), vrana (wound), ekanga shopha (local oedema), unmade (schizophrenia), apasmara (epilepsy) etc. Substitution and adulteration due to similar morphological features, same classical vernacular name, and presence of similar active principles affect the therapeutic activity of medicinal products. Systematic macromicroscopy identity of herbal raw drug is becoming increasingly important to produce standardized herbal products. In this study, macro-microscopic and powder characters were recorded for five different parts (panchanga) of raw herb Ishwari using standard methodology. Both root and stem showed the presence of oil globules, stone cells, and starch grain. The midrib region showed a prominent vascular bundle, while there are few trace bundles distributed in the mesophyll tissue. The portion of perianth enlarged showed lower mesophyll tissue formed by parenchyma with intercellular space having a little chlorophyll in it. TS of fruit stalk is circular in outline, shows an epidermis covered with a cuticle. TS of fruit show an epicarp having 8 to 10 layers of parenchyma forming mesocarp. In the parenchyma cells below the endocarp there is a seed having testa, endosperm parenchyma. The powder microscopy showed the important cells of individual part of the plant. These diagnostic features can be used as a fingerprint for the identification and differentiation of their substitute and adulterants of the plant.
Aristolochia indica, Ishwari panchanga, Macro-microscopy
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Faisal M, Shridhar B, Kumar SK. Macro microscopic fingerprints of panchanga of Ishwari- Aristolochia indica Linn. J Phytopharmacol. 2015;4(2):61-7.
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