Abstract

FINGERPRINTING ANALYSIS OF TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI, ALANGIUM LAMARKII AND ADHATODA VASICA BY HPTLC

Safeena Sheikh*, Suhail Asghar, Showkat Patni

Abstract

Medicinal plants are not only a major base for the traditional medicine and herbal industry but also provide livelihood and good heath to humans and hence taken a step to standardized/identifiedTrachyspermum ammi, Alangium lamarkii and Adhatoda vasica arereported to be medicinally useful. The authentic samples of herbs weresubjected to fingerprinting analysis through HPTLC of the raw herb for better comparison and evaluation. The data evolved in the present work will aid in identifying these drugs in dry forms and in standardization of the drugs and drug formulations.

Keywords: Ajowain, Akola and vasa, TLC, densitometry, physicochemical details.