Research Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry

K. Rajendran ¹, Bahlul Z. S. Awen ¹, Eiman Molod Aboalied Sowan ², R. Vijaya Bharathi ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Al-Jabal Al-Gharbi University, Al-Zawia, LY
2 Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Al-Jabal Al-Gharbi University, Al-Zawia, IN
3 Department of Pharmacognosy, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

This article presents an identity based pharmacognostical study of the leaf and stem of Sisymbrium officinale (Brassicaceae). Morphoanatomy of the leaf were studied to aid pharmacognostical and taxonomical identification, using light and confocal microscopy. The morphological, anatomical parameters and Physico-chemical profile presented in this paper may be proposed as parameters to establish the authenticity of S. officinale and can possibly help to differentiate the drug from its other related species.

Keywords

Sisymbrium officinale, Micromorphology, Physico-Chemical.

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R. Vijaya Bharathi ¹, C. Vamsadhara ², G. Sumathi ³, K. Rajendran ⁴

Affiliations
1 Department of Pharmacognosy, Madras Medical College, Chennai-600003, IN
2 Tamil Nadu Medical Services, Tamil Nadu, IN
3 Department of Microbiology, Madras Medical Collage, Chennai, IN
4 Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, 7th of April University, Al-Zawia, LY

Abstract

This article presents an identity based pharmacognostical study of the stem of the crude drug Indigofera glandulifera Linn. (Papilionaceae). Morphoanatomy of the stem was studied using light and confocal microscopy, World Health Organization guidelines on quality control methods for medicinal plant materials. The physico-chemical, morphological, histological parameters presented in this paper may be proposed as parameters to establish the authenticity of I. glandulifera and can possibly help to differentiate the drug from its other species.

Keywords

Pharmacognostical, Indigofera glandulifera, Stem, Papilionaceae.

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