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Volume 27, Issue 1-4 1985

Articles

Pharmacognostical Study of Root Bark of Erythrina indica Lam. Paribhadra

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v27/1985/74746

  • R. Mitra
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  • U. C. Srivastava

R. Mitra
Pharmacognosy Research Unit, Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow

U. C. Srivastava
Pharmacognosy Research Unit, Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow

Abstract

Paribhadra, one of the reputed drugs of the indigenous system of medicine, is equated with Erythrina indica Lamk. Syn. E. variegata Linn. var. orientalis Linn., Family Fabaceae. Some other species of Erythrina viz. E. suberosa Roxb. and E. stricta Roxb., have also been mentioned as 'Paribhadra in different text books on Indian Medicine and are used as substitutes for the genuine drug, Erythrina indica.

The pharmacognostical study is made of the root and root bark of E. indica Lamk., as based on material collected from authentic specimens and covers macro- and microscopical characters highlighting the diagnostic features, micro-chemical tests, examination of the powdered drug and preliminary phytochemical investigation.

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