DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY STANDARDS FOR AYURVEDIC MEDICINAL PLANT SYMPLOCOS CRATAEGOIDES BUCH HAMEXD DON AND ITS DIFFERENTIATION FROM SYMPLOCOS RACEMOSA ROXB

Abstract

As per Ayurvedic references the term Lodhra denotes the stem bark of Symplocos racemosa Symplocos crataegoides Botanically Symplocos crataegoides and Symplocos racemosa are different species of Ayurvedic medicinal plants called by similar vernacular name Lodhra The important preparations using the drugs are Nyagrodhadi Kvatha curna Nyagrodhadi curna Lodhrasavam Dasamularistam etc Morphological micromorphological and anatomical studies of the selected drugs were carried out and the findings will be helpful in standardization of stem bark of Symplocos crataegoides Findings of comparative microscopic studies helpful in establishing distinguishing diagnostic characters among the two species The results of powder microscopic studies will be helpful in authentication identification of the powdered crude drug and in standardization of Ayurvedic formulation Curna containing stem bark of Symplocos crataegoides as ingredient in powdered form The preliminary phytochemical physico chemical studies TLC HPTLC and GC MS studies will be helpful to standardize and characterize the selected drug rbc1 marker would be an efficient DNA marker for the identification of Symplocos racemosa/Symplocos crataegoides newline