Quality Control Outprints of Kamala (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.): An Aquatic Medicinal Plant

Abstract

Introduction: Kamala(Nelumbo nuciferaGaertn.) is an emergent perennial acquatic plant, having diverse medicinal properties. Many parts of this plant like petals, stamens, seeds are used in medicine. Materials and methods: Fresh flowers of Kamala(N. nucifera Gaertn.) were procured from their natural habitat macro-microscopy, physicochemicsl standards, phytochemical study, HPTLC were carried out as per standard protocol. Results: Histological study on drug shows air sacs and pollen grains of varied shape and size. The drug found to contain high amounts of carbohydrates, flavanoids, tannins. HPTLC, has given different peaks at short and long UV. Conclusion: Pharmacognostic standards of test drug recorded represent quality out prints of this drug.
 (Key words: Kamala( Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.), Pharmacognosy, Standardisation)

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