Property | Value |
Name | Micrometric evaulation of cassia fistula Linn. (Aragwadha), flower. |
Description | Short communication:- *Harisha C.R. 1 and Ananta Krushna Palei2. *1Head. Pharmacognosy, IPGT & RA, GAU, Jamnagar,India. 2Scholar Master in Medicinal Plant Sciences, IPGT & RA, GAU, Jamnagar, India. Abstract:- Cassia fistula Linn. Family Fabaceae. commonly known as Aragwadha. Fruit, leaf, dried pulp, bark are used in Ayurveda. Mainly used in constipation, purgative, rheumatism, skin dissorders. The flowers posses’ astringent, purgative, febrifugal and ant biliousness properties. A decoction of the flowers is given in stomach troubles. Till date no detailed scientific study has been done regarding flowers, for the first time flowers are subjected to evaluate its pharmacognostical study and its powder and its micrometric analysis. Pharmacognostical evaluation shows the presence of trichomes, pollen grains, papilous parenchyma, oil globules and prismatic crystal. The micrometric analysis shows pollen grain measures 136.84 µm2 and Prismatic crystal measures 15.48 µm2.
Key words:- Cassia fistula, flower, Pharmacognosy, micrometry. |
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