PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF CHLOROPHYTUM BORVILIANUM AND SAPINDUS MUKORROSSAI
Journal Title: International Journal of Pharmacognosy - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
The study is aimed at development of physico-chemical parameters and to investigate the active principle present in Chlorophytum borvilianum and Sapindus mukorrossai. The present work embodies the investigations carried out to establish methods for quality control of drugs as per WHO guidelines: complete botanical evaluation which comprises of macroscopy, quatitative microscopy, powder microscopy, physico-chemical parameters like Loss on Drying, Extractive values, saponification value, Total Ash values, acid insoluble ash value, water soluble ash value, pH value, loss on drying, bulk density and fluorescence analysis of powdered drug to investigate the phytochemical present in the extracts in the preliminary level.
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Shilpi Mishra
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