Pharmacognostical Evaluation of Selected Seeds from Fabaceae Family
Renjini Haridas1, Damini Sharma1, Divyani Singh1, Ankush Kumar1, Monika Singh1, Arun Kumar1, Bhargav Bhide2, Shivani Ghildiyal1, Pramod Yadav1, Meena Deogade1★, Tanuja Manoj Nesari1★ Corresponding author
- 1Department of Dravya Guna, All India Institute of Ayurveda, Ministry of AYUSH, New Delhi, INDIA.
- 2All India Institute of Ayurveda, Ministry of AYUSH, Goa, INDIA.
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Meena Deogade
Department of Dravya Guna, All India Institute of Ayurveda, Ministry of AYUSH, New Delhi, INDIA.
Received: 25-11-2023; Revised: 06-01-2024; Accepted: 04-04-2024.
Volume 16, Issue 3 · pp. 508–517 · PUBLISHED · DOI: 10.5530/pres.16.3.61
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Background: Indigenous medicines regularly suffer with quality controversies because of similar species or varieties, substituent, adulterants wrong identification and lack of availability of original herb. Objectives:In the search for authenticity of traditional medicine, seeds of four Fabaceae species, Abrus precatorius L., Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre, Trigonella foenum-graecum L. and Senna tora L. were investigated in order to obtain characteristic patterns and medicinal potentiality by the way of pharmacognostical analysis. Each drug posse’s excellent potential in Ayurvedic medicinal system.Materials and Methods: The essential parameters studied up for the pharmacognosy of given seeds were macroscopical study, histochemical evaluation, including transverse section, powder microscopy and physicochemical parameters. Results: The organoleptic and macroscopic profiles of seeds revealed the common characters like smooth surface and bitter taste. From the microscopical evaluation, oil globule, starch grains and prismatic type of calcium oxalate crystals were also found in the seed of P. pinnata. In A. precatorius, starch grains and yellowish cell content are present, but these are completely absent in other Fabaceae members, only mucilage content and oil globules present in Trigonella foenum-graecum and anthraquinone pigment cells and rosette type calcium oxalate crystals present in Senna tora. Conclusion: The current study report on pharmacognostical analysis will provides important diagnostic tool for future identification, authentication and evidence in correct identification.
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Haridas, R., Sharma, D., Singh, D., Kumar, A., Singh, M., Kumar, A., Bhide, B., Ghildiyal, S., Yadav, P., Deogade, M., & Nesari, T. M. (). Pharmacognostical Evaluation of Selected Seeds from Fabaceae Family. Pharmacognosy Research, 16(3), 508–517. https://doi.org/10.5530/pres.16.3.61