Comparative Pharmacognostic Studies on the Leaves of Abies spectabilis and Taxus wallichiana

Abstract

Pharmacognostic studies on the leaves of Abies spectabilis (D. Don) Spach. and Taxus wallichiana Zucc., implicated as 'Talispatra' -an important herbal drug of indigenous systems of medicine, have been performed. Epidermal characters, scanning electron microscopical features along with the fluorescence characters of powder and thin layer chromatography of the hexane extract have been found to be valuable parameters for the identification of these species and for the authentication of marketed drug 'Talispatra'.

Isolation of flavonoid from Abies webbiana leaves and its activity

“…1 The leaves of this plant have different uses in Ayurveda, 2 the traditional system of Indian medicine and have been described for using against swasa, kasa, amadosha, hikka, chhardi and mukharoga. 3 A. webbiana leaves has been reported as antibacterial and antifungal, mast cell stabilizing, anxiolytic, anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, anti-tussive, female antifertility, febrifuge, anti-spasmodic properties, Central nervous system (CNS) depressant actions and are effective against hyperglycemia, conception, rheumatism and high temperature. 2,[4][5][6][7][8] In phytochemical screening certain chemical constituents, mainly monoterpenes (from essential oil), flavonoids, biflavonoid glycosides, phytosterols, amino acids, saponins, tannins, alkaloids, lipids, triterpenoids, steroids and glycosides were found and a new alkaloid namely 1-(4'-methoxyphenyl)-aziridine, a nitrogenous compound and a new biflavonoid, Abiesin have been isolated.…”

Safed musli (Chlorophytum borivilianum): A review of its botany, ethnopharmacology and phytochemistry

“…In the herbal markets of the country, not only the various species of particular genus but entirely different taxa are being sold under the same vernacular name (Rawat et al, 1996;Rawat, 2005) akin to genus…”

Development, Evaluation and Biological Activities of Herbal Formulation of Talisa Patra

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