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Histo-Anatomical characterization of aerial and root crude samples of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal

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Title Histo-Anatomical characterization of aerial and root crude samples of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal
 
Creator Kumar, Pankaj
Singh, Kanwaljeet
Lone, Javaid Fayaz
Kumar, Bushan
Gairola, Sumeet
 
Subject Macroscopic and Microscopic characterization
Raw herbal drugs
Reference identification standard
Withania somnifera
 
Description 292-299
In the herbal drug industry, raw herbal drug samples of several important plant species are often reported interchangeably
used with other drug samples. Correct identification for the use of genuine species in herbal preparation is essential to ensure
the safety and quality of herbal medicines. Developments of standard botanical monographs are known to help in the easy,
cost-effective and authentic identification of raw herbal samples of genuine species. The present study involved the
botanical characterization of plant material (leaf, fruit, stem, and root) of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal. The study of
macroscopic and microscopic characters using a stereomicroscope and compound microscope was observed with unique
qualitative and quantitative features including characteristic C- shaped vascular bundle arrangement (in leaf); solitary, linear,
and grouped xylem vessels in root anatomy; and multi-cellular branched trichomes (in stem, leaf and fruit); the presence of
starch in root powder, and prismatic crystals in root and fruit powder as characteristic features. Also, the size of various cells
and tissue zones were also provided for studied plant samples. Detailed botanical characters compiled in the present study
can be used as a reference standard by herbal drug industries to check the adulteration of W. somnifera by correct
identification of raw herbal samples in intact or fragmented form.
 
Date 2023-07-31T09:33:21Z
2023-07-31T09:33:21Z
2023-07
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0976-0512 (Online); 0976-0504 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/62371
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijnpr.v14i2.4214
 
Language en
 
Relation A61K 36/00, A61K 36/81
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJNPR Vol.14(2) [June 2023]