Abstract
Pharmacognostic Evaluation of Roots of Benincasa Hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.(Cucurbitaceae)
Highlights
Plants and plant-derived products have been utilized as a source of medicine for the treatment as well as prevention of various diseases from the advent of human civilization
The results of the study could be useful in setting quality parameters for the identification of crude drug and preparation of the monograph
Organoleptic or morphological evaluation refers to the evaluation of drug with the help of estimation of the organoleptic features, such as length of the roots, along with width, colour, shape, odour, touch and appearance were looked after with the help of simple microscope
Summary
Plants and plant-derived products have been utilized as a source of medicine for the treatment as well as prevention of various diseases from the advent of human civilization. Various traditional systems of medicine describe the role of plants in various forms of health care. Plants are a reservoir of potentially useful chemical compounds which serve as drugs and provides newer lead molecules for modern design and synthesis [1]. Called as ash gourd or white gourd melon is widely cultivated for its fruits in tropical Asia. It is used for its various medicinal purposes. Herbals have been proven to be offering a wide number of medicinal uses and are having multiple benefits when considered as a complete system of medicine. Benincasa plant is rich in phytoconstituents, present almost in every part of the plant. Roots are the parts on which minimum work has been done
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