Open AccessPHARMACOGNOSTIC AND PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF CELOSIA ARGENTEA LINN.
Author(s) -
Rajni B. Ranjan,
S. S. Deokule
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international research journal of pharmacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2230-8407
DOI - 10.7897/2230-8407.04631
Subject(s) - phytochemical , traditional medicine , biology , botany , medicine
Celosia argentea Linn belongs to family Amaranthaceae and is being used in the indigenous systems of medicine as a wound healing and immune stimulating agent for curing kidney stone. The drug part is usually used as the white tuberous roots, leaf and stem of this plant. The present study includes the macro and microscopic characters, histochemistry and phytochemistry. The phytochemical screening is also confirmed by HPTLC analysis for Quercetin