Pharmacognostical characterization and standardization of Abutilon indicum bark, Linn.

Abutilon indicum is an important medicinal plant belonging to family malvaceae. The plant has medicinal property like aphrodisiac, laxative, diuretic, sedative, expectorant and demulcent.The present study provides botanical, physico-chemical and preliminary phytochemical details, which helpful in laying down standardization and pharmacopoeial parameters. The microscopical characters of the bark showed biseriate medullary ray, prism shaped calcium oxalate crystals and bundles of phloem fibres. The important parameters studied other than macro and microscopical are measurement of length of fibre, diameter of starch grain, histochemical studies, ash analysis, total extractive values, moisture content, behavior of powder with different chemical reagent & fluorescence analysis. Qualitative phytochemical screening of hydroalcoholic extract showed the presence of carbohydrate, steroid, glycoside flavonoid, alkaloid and phenolic compound.

Author(s): *Chandan Das, Sujit Dash, Durga Charan Sahoo, Arnabaditya Mohanty and Abhiram rout

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