Pharmacognostical studies on the medicinal plant - Alangium salvifolium (Linn. F) Wang. (Alangiaceae)

Alangium salvifolium (Linn.f) Wang. is an important medicinal plant belonging to the family Alangiaceae. It is considered as one of the controversial drug in ayurveda since more than one botanical source is assigned to the drug. To facilitate correct and easy identification of the drug. Pharmacognostical studies covering morphology, macro and microscopic anatomical studies of leaf, stem and root, organoleptic evaluation, fluorescence analysis, physico chemical characters of plant powder, mineral constituents and preliminary phytochemical screening of the plant, along with diagnostic character of this plant is presented. The study helps in the formulation of the drug

Author(s): M. Uthiraselvam*, S. Asmathu Fathima, H. Peer Mohamed, M. Babu Selvam and G. Kavitha

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