Open AccessPharmacognostical and preliminary physico-chemical profiles of Blepharispermum subsessile DC. root
Author(s) -
Jadhav Amruta,
Rabinarayan Acharya,
C R Harisha,
Vinay J Shukla,
HM Chandola
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-9382
pISSN - 0974-8520
DOI - 10.4103/0974-8520.169012
Subject(s) - root (linguistics) , chemistry , traditional medicine , materials science , medicine , philosophy , linguistics
Blepharispermum subsessile DC. is a folklore medicinal herb, found in Odisha, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra. It is locally known as Rasnajhadi in Odisha and its roots are being used as Rasna in treating rheumatic, gynecological, nervous disorders. In spite of its high medicinal as well as market values, the pharmacognostical characters of its root is not reported till date.