PHARMACOGNOSTIC AND PHYTOCHEMICAL PROFILES OF XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM L. (Asteraceae)
B. Ramya Sree
Department of Biotechnology, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati
Jyothi M. Joy
Department of Pharmacognosy, Sree Vidyanikethan College of Pharmacy, Tirupati
Standardization problems arise from the complex composition of drugs which are used in the form of whole plant, parts of the plants, plant extracts. Standardization of presumed active compounds of drug is general does not reflect reality, only in few cases drug activity depends upon single component. Pharmacognostic investigation was carried out on the Xanthium Strumarium L. The assignment such as macroscopy, anatomical studies and preliminary phytochemical screening were performed since the species was not noted for its pharmacognosy in part. Macroscopic studies is a technique of qualitative evaluation based on the study of morphological and sensory profiles of Xanthium Strumarium L. Microscopic studies is a technique of qualitative evaluation and used to confirm the structural details of drugs from the Xanthium Strumarium L. and also study of the constituents by application of chemical methods. The perusal of literature also revealed that no pharmacognostic work had been carried out on the plant of Xanthium Strumarium L. For this reason we have investigated the pharmacognostic profiles of Xanthium Strumarium L.
2 , 1 , 2012
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