Ipomoea hederifolia commonly known as Red morning glory or Scarlet creeper has diuretic, anthelminthic, laxative, carminative and anti-inflammatory qualities. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is used as cathartic, diuretic and expectorant. The plant is known to have sternutatory action. This study was aimed to investigate the pharmacognostic and physicochemical parameters of the leaf and stem. Macroscopic, microscopic and physicochemical parameters of the leaf and stem were investigated using standard methods. The macroscopy showed it is a twining vine. Microscopic studies revealed the leaves are dorsiventral in nature. Presence of cluster crystals of calcium oxalate, paracytic stomata, unicellular trichomes, bicollateral vascular bundles were also observed. The physicochemical parameters such as different ash values and extractive values were also investigated. The present study includes macroscopic and microscopic characters of the stsem and leaf of Ipomoea hederifolia and these various parameters observed help to establish the correct identity of Ipomoea hederifolia to check the occurrence of adulteration.

Bionanotechnology approaches are used by researchers to create nanoparticles and nanomaterials in an environmental friendly and cost-effective manner. Because of biologically active plant secondary metabolites that aid in green synthesis, as well as their specific biological applications, biosynthesized nanoparticles are gaining traction. This work describes a simple, eco-friendly, dependable and cost-effective method for making silver nanoparticles from aqueous leaf extract of Psychotria octosulcata, as well as their anti-inflammatory properties in vitro. UV-Visible spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Zeta potential (ZP) were used to analyze the biosynthesized Psychotria octosulcata silver nanoparticles. Under a scanning electron microscope, the silver nanoparticles had a spherical shape and sizes ranging from 1 to 100 nm. The peaks from the Fourier Transform for the functional groups C=O, –C=C, C–H and OH in the infrared spectroscopy spectra of silver nanoparticles demonstrate the stability of the produced silver nanoparticles. The particles were crystalline and had a face-centered cubic structure with broad peaks in nature, according to the XRD studies. Protein denaturation was used to test the anti-inflammatory activity of the synthesized silver nanoparticles in vitro.