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Improvised storage of Cassia fistula L. fruit pod with special references to Ayurvedic principles and practices by traditional text: An analytical investigation

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Title Improvised storage of Cassia fistula L. fruit pod with special references to Ayurvedic principles and practices by traditional text: An analytical investigation
 
Creator Hazra, Kalyan
Dutta, Sreya
Mitra, Achintya
Ravte, Rohit Kumar
Rao, Mruthyumjaya Meda
 
Subject Antioxidant assay
Cassia fistula
Phytochemical assay
Specific storage
 
Description 317-322
Cassia fistula L. (Sanskrit: Aragvadha, family: Caesalpinaceae) is used as a mild laxative in traditional medicine. Ancient texts advocate specific storage of its matured and ripe fruits under a pit filled with sand or soil. The present study was designed to compare the physicochemical, organoleptic and other biochemical parameters of the fruit pulp, stored under usual and specific conditions as mentioned in ancient texts. The sample kept under a pit showed higher total phenolics, flavonoids and anthraquinone levels along with reduced total and reducing sugars. The increased antioxidant activity of the pit-stored sample due to higher total phenolics and flavonoids levels as revealed from the DPPH radical scavenging assay may enhance its medicinal attributes, justifying ancient claim of specific storage of the fruits.
 
Date 2022-05-04T10:43:04Z
2022-05-04T10:43:04Z
2022-04
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/59660
 
Language en
 
Relation Int. Cl.22: A61K 36/00, A61K 36/48, A61P 39/06
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJTK Vol.21(2) [April 2022]