Abstract
Background: Guduchi, also known as an Amrita, is one of the important medicinal plants used in Ayurveda. Though Tinospora cordifolia (Wild.) Miers, considered as the official botanical source plant of Guduchi other two species such as Tinospora malabarica (Lam.) Hook. f. &Thomson and Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson are also used as a source plant in different parts of India. Though it looks very similar in morphological characters, the micrometric differentiation of two species that is T. cordifolia and T. malabarica are still lacking. Aim: To differentiate the two species of Tinospora through micrometric analysis. Materials and methods: This study portrays both authenticate fresh stem and leaf and with their powdered samples standard histochemical materials, and other laboratory equipment. Result: T. cordifolia and T. malabarica are deciduous woody climbers. The Habitats of both plants are different. T. cordifolia having more prominent lenticels than that of T. malabarica. Main differentiating feature present in the leaf is the presence of trichomes. Most abundant uniseriate trichomes are present in T. malabarica. Trichomes are absent in T. cordifolia. Conclusion: Present data may encourage researchers to use the various dimensions of the research to flourish the different species of Guduchi.
Highlights
Ayurveda recommends Guduchi as one of the main drugs of choice in the management of COVID 19 due to its immunomodulatory activities (1)
Though Tinospora cordifolia (Wild.) Miers, considered as the official botanical source plant of Guduchi other two species such as Tinospora malabarica (Lam.) Hook. f. &Thomson and Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson are used as a source plant in different parts of India
Though it looks very similar in morphological characters, the micrometric differentiation of two species that is T. cordifolia and T. malabarica are still lacking
Summary
Ayurveda recommends Guduchi as one of the main drugs of choice in the management of COVID 19 due to its immunomodulatory activities (1). Pharmacognostical characters (macro and microscopic) of T.cordifolia, T. malabarica, T. crispa have been reported (4) Through all these three Tinospora species are but T. cordifolia and T. malabarica are commonly used in different parts of India as botanical sources of Guduchi. F. & Thomson are used as a source plant in different parts of India. Though Tinospora cordifolia (Wild.) Miers, considered as the official botanical source plant of Guduchi other two species such as Tinospora malabarica (Lam.) Hook. Though it looks very similar in morphological characters, the micrometric differentiation of two species that is T. cordifolia and T. malabarica are still lacking.
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