Abstract
Medicinal plants
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Rani Radhika, et al.
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Introduction
The nature has provided us depositories of medication to cure all ailments of humans. The traditional herbal medicines are still utilized in rural and tribal area of our country. The traditional herbal medicines are still utilized by a large part of community and conventional practitioners, who depends on natural medication for their primary healthcare system
Materials And Methods
Fresh leaves of Collected fresh leaves of plants The chemicals like lactic acid, trichloroacetic acid, phenol, safranin, glycerine, distilled water etc. were used. The entire chemical, used in experiments were of analytical grade. The fresh leaves of both plants were evaluated for various organoleptic parameters such as the shape, size, colour, margin, texture, apex, presence or absence of petiole, phyllotaxy etc. The histological features such as structure of epidermal cells, structure, distribution and type of stomata, structure and distribution of trichomes on the fresh leaves have been analyzed. For the quantitative microscopy the number of epidermal cell, number of stomata and stomatal index for both abaxial and adaxial surfaces of the leaves were determined according to method of Mohan Ram and Nayyar Epidermal cell number: The average number of epidermal cells per square millimeter unit of epidermis is termed as epidermal cell number. Stomatal number: The average number of stomata per square millimeter of epidermis is termed as stomatal number. Stomatal index: The percentage of number of stomata to the total number of epidermal cells (wherein each stomata also is considered to be a single epidermal cell), is termed as stomatal index. The stomatal Index was calculated using the standard formula given below. Stomatal Index (S.I.) =S*100/S+E S = quantity of stomata per unit area and E = number of ordinary epidermal cells in the same unit area The quantitative parameters have been subjected to statistical analysis and expressed as Mean ± SEM.
Results
The results of the macroscopic and organoleptic examination established that the plant The results of the examination reveals that the plant The results of the micromorphology reveal that the leaves of The results of the micromorphology of the leaves of The quantitative analysis shows that the number of epidermal cells is 78.5±0.57and 69.7±0.83, stomata number is 13.9±0.5 and 15.5±0.36, stomata index is 15.02±0.50 and 18.19±0.4for adaxial and abaxial surfaces respectively for the leaves of The results of quantitative analysis of leaves of
S.No.
Parameters
1.
Bearing of leaf
Cauline and Ramal
Cauline and Ramal
2.
Odour
Obnoxious/ displeasing
Obnoxious/ displeasing
3.
Leaf type
Pinnately Compound / Imparipinnate
Pinnately Compound / Paripinnate
4.
Glands at leaf base
Absent
Conical shaped gland present at the base of lower leaflet
5.
Phyllotaxy of leaflets
Alternate/Opposite/Superposed
Alternate/Opposite/Superposed
6.
Outgrowths at base of leaf
Stipulate/ Free lateral
Stipulate/ Free lateral
7.
Colour of leaf-let (adaxial surface)
Pale green
Dark green
8.
Colour of leaf-let (abaxial surface)
Pale green
Light green
9.
Petiole (of each leaf-let)
Absent/sessile
Petiolate (very short)
10.
Number of leaflet
11-17
6
11.
Composition of lamina (of each leaf-let)
a.
Shape
Oblanceolate
Obovate
b.
Dimension (l*b)
1.80±0.07
10.29±0.95/4.07 ±0.23
c.
Margin
Entire with dense hairs
Entire with dense hairs
d.
Apex
Emarginate
Obtuse
e.
Surface appearance
Glabrous on upper surfaces and Dense trichomes are present on lower surface of leaflets
Glabrous on upper surface and Small amount of trichomes are present on lower surface of leaflets
f.
Trichomes
Unicellular with glandular base
Unicellular
g.
Venation
Reticulate/Unicostate
Reticulate/Unicostate
S.No.
Parameters
1
Stomata number on adaxial surface
13.9±0.5
12.1±0.5
2
Stomata number on abaxial surface
15.5±0.36
10.1±0.37
3
Epidermal cell number on adaxial surface
78.5±0.57
51.4±0.7
4
Epidermal cell number on abaxial surface
69.7±0.83
50.7±o.5
5
Stomatal index on adaxial surface
15.02±0.50
19±0.49
6
Stomatal index on abaxial surface
18.19±0.4
16.59±0.53
Conclusion
The pharmacognostic profile in terms of macro and micro-morphological characters of the leaves of