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Volume 64, Issue 2, December 2022

Articles

Microscopical identity of Picrorhiza tungnathii Pusalkar

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v64/2022/169701

Published 2022-12-31

  • C. S. Rana
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  • P. P. Raturi
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  • R. K. Rai

C. S. Rana
Dabur Research & Development Centre (DRDC), Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, UP

P. P. Raturi
Dabur Research & Development Centre (DRDC), Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, UP

R. K. Rai
Dabur Research & Development Centre (DRDC), Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, UP

Abstract

Picrorhiza tungnathii Pusalkar (Plantaginaceae) presented here in view to the histology. The prime objective of the paper is to differentiate this species through microscopically to avoid misidentification of the raw materials and to use correct species in Ayurvedic formulation.

Keywords

Anatomy, Microscopy, Picrorhiza, Authentication, Ayurvedic formulation

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