Withania coagulans (Stocks) Dunal commonly known as Doda panner/ Indian Rennet is a well-known medicinal plant but remains underutilized mainly due to scarce distribution in nature and extremely poor germination rate. In the present study oil was extracted from seeds of Withania coagulans which was subsequently subjected to FTIR and GC-MS analysis to identify phytochemical components of extracted oil. FTIR analysis revealed presence of diverse group of compounds including alcohols, alkane, alkene, aldehyde, ketone and halo compounds. GC-MS analysis depicted presence of 49 phytoconstituents in the oil extracted from seeds of W. coagulans. among which hexanoic acid, n-hexadecenoic acid, Vitamin E, gamma-Tocopherol, squalene, fucosterol, 2-Pyrrolidinone, 1-methyl, octadecanoic acid represent major phytoconstituents identified. Several compounds identified to be present in extracted oil have been reported to possess one or more pharmacological activity. Hence, the study suggests validation of plant oil to be utilized as ingredient of different pharmacological, cosmetic and other food products.

Angelica glauca is an important medicinal plant commonly distributed in Himalayan region of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand region of India. Plant possesses immense medicinal potential and is utilized in traditional and modern medicine systems for the treatment of several aliments. The plant has become endangered due to unrestricted harvesting from natural resources, poor germination rate and lack of adequate commercial cultivation. Inspite of inherent medicinal potential there exist a wide research gap to analyze and validate biochemical activities along with isolation, purification and structural elucidation of secondary metabolites. Considering the present endangered status micropropagation studies are required not only with an objective of conservation of A. glauca, but also to felicitate mass propagation of the plant. Micropropagation as well as vegetative propagation processes are required to be optimized to develop protocol which are easily reproducible, efficient and can be simultaneously employed for commercial cultivation. Their also exits potential of analytical studies such as HPLC, FTIR, NMR, LC-MS (plant oil as well as plant extract) to provide complete biochemical profiling of the plant, as at present comparatively insufficient literature is available pertaining to biochemical and metabolic characteristics features and properties of the plant. The present review provides an insight into scientific studies conducted so far and research potential pertaining to biochemistry and medicinal properties of A. glauca.