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Microscopic investigations and pharmacognostic techniques for the standardization of Caralluma edulis (Edgew.) Benth. ex Hook.f.
Author(s) -
Aslam Itzaz,
Iqbal Javed,
Peerzada Sohaib,
Afridi Muhammad S. K.,
Ishtiaq Saiqa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
microscopy research and technique
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1097-0029
pISSN - 1059-910X
DOI - 10.1002/jemt.23357
Subject(s) - traditional medicine , chemistry , crude drug , menthol , curcuma , botany , chromatography , biology , medicine , organic chemistry
Herbal medicines frequently suffer with quality controversies because of similar species or varieties. This often leads to sophistication or admixture of the crude drug as they share various look alike physical features. Commercially, stalks of Caralluma edulis are commonly adulterated with other species because of their analogous morphology. In the present research, the microscopic standardization of the drug was performed by structural, histological, and anatomical features. Pharmacognostical characterization was carried out by physicochemical (moisture content, swelling index, pH value, ash values, and extractive values) and fluorescence analysis. The chemical characterization by UV–Visible, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and high‐performance liquid chromatography was also performed that disclosed the chief phytoconstituents of the herbal drug. The above mentioned constraints, being reported for the first time in C. edulis , are substantial in establishing the microscopic and pharmacopoeial standards for future identification and authentication.