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Pharmacognosy 2019
March 11-12, 2019
London, UK
American Journal of Ethnomedicine
ISSN: 2348-9502
Page 34
Pharmacognosy and
Medicinal Plants
7
th
Edition of International Conference on
Pharmacognostic standardization of
Crassocephalum
crepidioides
(Benth.) S. Moore: An antipyretic leaf drug
C L Ringmichon
University of Mumbai, India
C
rassocephalum crepidioides
(Benth.) S. Moore belongs
to the family Asteraceae. The herb is commonly known
as “Preitharpu” by the locals of Manipur. It has been used as
a folklore medicine. The fleshy leaves and stems are eaten
as a vegetable inManipur. The leaf juice is used on cuts and
bruises to prevent bleeding and for relief from fever, pain
and stomach disorders, etc. The current investigation deals
with the Pharmacognostic standardization of the said leaf
drug. The parameters used are macroscopic, microscopic,
histochemistry, preliminary phytochemical screening,
physicochemical studies, powder study and fluorescence
analysis. The diagnostic characters of leaves are presence
of anomocytic stomata, uniseriate multicelled trichomes,
fibers with distinct lumen, annular type of vessels, single
layer palisade tissue, prismshaped calciumoxalate crystals
and tannin filled cells. Physicochemical studies revealed
total ash (17.47%), acid insoluble ash (0.65%), water
soluble ash (14.8%), water soluble extractive (13.77%),
alcohol soluble extractive (2.64%) and chloroform soluble
extractive (4.29%). These parameters will help in laying the
pharmacopeial standards to authenticate the leaf drug.
Biography
C L Ringmichon obtained a PhD Degree in Botany from University of
Mumbai, India. She was working as a Senior Research Fellow in Indian
Council of Medical Research (ICMR), NewDelhi. She was teaching in Bi-
ology at North Point Higher Secondary School, Imphal and Little Angel’s
English School, Manipur. She was also a Visiting Lecturer in Faculty of
Botany, Dapoli Urban Bank Senior College, University of Mumbai. She
has Published 08 research Papers and contributed 01 Chapter (Book
Published on Ethnobotany of India, Volume 3, by Apple Academic Press
Inc.). She had attended 15 International and National Conference, Sem-
inar and Workshop; she had also 03 oral presentations and 07 Poster
presentations in international and national conference. Currently, she is
working on Ethno medicinal plants of Manipur. Her Doctoral research
focused on Pharmacognostic and Pharmacological studies on some
Ethno medicinal antipyretic plants from Manipur. Her area of study is
Botany, Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Ethno
medicine. She’s the member of the Ethnobotany: International Journal
of the Society of Ethnobotanists. She has also received Rajiv Gandhi
Scholarship (UGC) for her Research work.
C L Ringmichon, Am J Ethnomed 2019, Volume 6
DOI: 10.21767/2348-9502-C1-008