Abstract

PHARMACOGNOSTIC STUDY AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS ON PUNARNAWA (BOERHAVIA DIFFUSA LINN.) - A PROMISING HERBAL DRUG

Neelesh Kumar Tiwari*, Anju Kol, Jaya Singh Bisen and Manoj Tripathi

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Abstract

Boerhaavia diffusa, family Nyctaginaceae, is an herbaceous creeping plant. It is known as Punarnava. Although it acts as a rejuvenator for all the systems of the body but basically it works as a rejuvenator for the urinary system. Whole part of this is used to treat various disorder of the body. The present investigation deals with a detailed account of the pharmacognostic study and physicochemical analysis of Boerhavia diffusa. The Research includes microscopic study, powder microscopic studies, florescence study, phytochemical screening, physicochemical tests and HPTLC fingerprints profile. All tests were performed in triplicate and average values were calculated. HPTLC (High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography) fingerprints profile was developed and major spots Rf values and colour were recorded.

Keywords: Boerhaavia diffusa, Pharmacognostic study, Phyto-chemicals, Florescence.