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Pharmacognostic, phytochemical, and chromatographic fingerprinting of three probable species accepted as Kakoli – a member of Astavarga

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Title Pharmacognostic, phytochemical, and chromatographic fingerprinting of three probable species accepted as Kakoli – a member of Astavarga
 
Creator Achrya, Balkrishna
Mishra, Rajesh
Thakur, Pallavi
Singh, Shivam
Narsingh, Swami
Varshney, Anurag
 
Subject Ayurveda
Kakoli
Roscoea purpurea Sm
Roscoea capitata Sm
Roscoea alpina Royle
Spermatogenesis
 
Description 747-759
Kakoli is an Ayurvedic drug, used for its effect on the reproductive system, especially for promoting spermatogenesis. According to Ayurvedic and other Sanskrit literature, three different plant species exist under the name of Kakoli, namely, Roscoea purpurea Sm., Roscoea capitata Sm., and Roscoea alpina Royle. Grouping multiple plant species under one name, often leads to the selection and inconsistent usage of non-authentic species as therapeutic drugs. In the present study, we compared the three Roscoea species, used as Kakoli, using pharmacognostical and phytochemical, as well as other analytical studies. We found that R. purpurea Sm. might be the most probable source of Kakoli as evidenced by the correlation obtained between literary resource-based parameters (ancient scriptures) and the experimental analysis (pharmacognostical and phytochemical findings) thereby establishing the authentic taxonomic identity of the valuable ancient medicine Kakoli.
 
Date 2024-08-22T06:54:50Z
2024-08-22T06:54:50Z
2024-08
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/64436
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v23i8.13115
 
Language en
 
Relation Int Cl.24: A61K 36/00
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source IJTK Vol.23(8) [August 2024]