Development and standardization of quality control parameters of different parts of Trianthema portulacastrum L.

Abstract

The present study about Trianthema portulacastrum (Linn.), family Aizoaceae, is an effort to evaluate physicochemical parameters, phytochemical screening, pharmacognostic properties of stem, root, leaf and seed and preparedness of different extracts by solvent system of wide-range polarity. Physicochemical analysis includes loss on dryness, total ash value, water-soluble ash value, acid-insoluble ash value, pH analysis, fluorescence study and extractive values in different solvent systems. All the parts of the plant showed loss on dryness in the range of 2 ± 0.69 to 7 ± 0.73. Foreign organic matters recorded in different parts of plant were in the range of 0.8 ± 0.045 to 2.0 ± 0.081. The total ash values were determined from 9.59 ± 1.87 to 15.54 ± 1.21% (w/w). The water-soluble ash values were from 7.5 ± 1.10 to 9.38 ± 1.54% (w/w), and acid-insoluble ash values were from 0.92 ± 0.84 to 4.19 ± 0.75% (w/w). Macroscopic, powder microscopy, fluorescence studies, extractive values, different properties of extracts and phytochemical screening studies were completed by a series of standard tests. The parameters evaluated under this study will safeguard the authenticity and efficacy of crude drug and provide referential information in distinguishing the drug from its adulterants. The observations of studied parameters will be useful and helpful in setting diagnostic indices for identification and preparation of monograph of this plant and in differentiating root, stem, leaf and seed of this species from closely related species of same genus and family.