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Pharmacognostic Studies on Powdered Flowers of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. and its Adulterants


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1 Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, India
 

The diagnostic, characters of flower powders of H. rosa-sinensis and its adulterants have been worked out in the present study. The powder of the genuine drug can be identified on the basis of frequency of different types of trichomes, measurements of pollen grains and its spines, number of pores and fluorescence response under ultra-violet lamp.
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V. Mudgal
Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, India
R. N. Kayal
Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, India

Abstract


The diagnostic, characters of flower powders of H. rosa-sinensis and its adulterants have been worked out in the present study. The powder of the genuine drug can be identified on the basis of frequency of different types of trichomes, measurements of pollen grains and its spines, number of pores and fluorescence response under ultra-violet lamp.