Abstract

Herbal drugs are one of the very well-known medicines adapted by millions to people worldwide since ancient time. The plant kingdom is a treasure of potential phytochemicals that can be utilized to treat variety of medical conditions. With the advent of increase in demand and knowledge of herbal medicines quality of these herbal medicines has grab the attention of various pharma industries. Thus, certain standard parameters to determine the quality of raw material are described in the present article. In the current study the quality of raw material 16 members of order Myrtales constituting 5 families i.e Myrtaceae, Lythraceae Lecythidaceae, Melastomataceae and Combretaceae from different regions of Maharashtra were carried out. Allied variety of plants from the region of Mumbai and Lonavala were considered for the study. Physicochemical parameters such as Moisture content, Total Ash Value, Acid soluble Ash, and water-soluble ash were determined. Values of proximate analysis of raw material were found to be within permissible limit as specified

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