Open AccessTrichosanthes dioica Roxb.: Pharmacognostic standardization of the female leaves with special emphasis on the microscopic technique
Author(s) -
Saurabh Singh,
M. G. Chauhan,
Lalit Machawal
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.80780
Subject(s) - trichome , phytochemical , petiole (insect anatomy) , botany , epidermis (zoology) , biology , mimosa pudica , stalk , traditional medicine , horticulture , anatomy , medicine , genus
Standardization is essentially a measure for ensuring the quality control of herbal drugs. But the gender of the plant affecting the quality of crude drugs does not appear to have been taken care of so far. Today, sophisticated modern research tools for the evaluation of the plant drugs are available but the microscopic method is one of the simplest and cheapest methods.