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24 / 05 / 2017

 


Pharmacognostical evaluation of Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.

Sayani Majumder, Md Harun Al Rashid, Sailee Chowdhury, Bijan Kumar Gupta, Subhash C. Mandal.


Abstract
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. is commonly known as alligator weed. In India especially in West Bengal, it is used as vegetable and useful in diabetes, influenza, diarrhea, dysentery etc. There is no as such report to be identified the plant microscopically, especially to determine the microscopical standard. Here the study was done with the shoot part of the plant with the aim to standardize the plant microscopically. Important diagnostic characters like sclerenchymatous fibre, inter fascicular cambium, spiral vessels, calcium oxalate crystals, multi and unicellular unbranched trichomes etc were observed. The preliminary phytochemical study revealed the presence of various functional groups like phenols, alkaloids, saponin etc. The findings of the current study can be useful for further scientific investigation of the plant.

Key words: Alternanthera philoxeroides, inter fascicular cambium, calcium oxalate crystals, phenols, alkaloids.


 
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Sayani Majumder, Md Harun Al Rashid, Sailee Chowdhury, Bijan Kumar Gupta, Subhash C. Mandal. Pharmacognostical evaluation of Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.. J Res Educ Indian Med . 2017; 23(3-4): 85-89. doi:10.5455/JREIM.82-1454738309


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Sayani Majumder, Md Harun Al Rashid, Sailee Chowdhury, Bijan Kumar Gupta, Subhash C. Mandal. Pharmacognostical evaluation of Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.. https://www.jreim-ayushjournal.com/?mno=217609 [Access: March 10, 2024]. doi:10.5455/JREIM.82-1454738309


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Sayani Majumder, Md Harun Al Rashid, Sailee Chowdhury, Bijan Kumar Gupta, Subhash C. Mandal. Pharmacognostical evaluation of Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.. J Res Educ Indian Med . 2017; 23(3-4): 85-89. doi:10.5455/JREIM.82-1454738309



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Sayani Majumder, Md Harun Al Rashid, Sailee Chowdhury, Bijan Kumar Gupta, Subhash C. Mandal. Pharmacognostical evaluation of Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.. J Res Educ Indian Med . (2017), [cited March 10, 2024]; 23(3-4): 85-89. doi:10.5455/JREIM.82-1454738309



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Sayani Majumder, Md Harun Al Rashid, Sailee Chowdhury, Bijan Kumar Gupta, Subhash C. Mandal (2017) Pharmacognostical evaluation of Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.. J Res Educ Indian Med , 23 (3-4), 85-89. doi:10.5455/JREIM.82-1454738309



Turabian Style

Sayani Majumder, Md Harun Al Rashid, Sailee Chowdhury, Bijan Kumar Gupta, Subhash C. Mandal. 2017. Pharmacognostical evaluation of Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.. Journal of Research and Education in Indian Medicine, 23 (3-4), 85-89. doi:10.5455/JREIM.82-1454738309



Chicago Style

Sayani Majumder, Md Harun Al Rashid, Sailee Chowdhury, Bijan Kumar Gupta, Subhash C. Mandal. "Pharmacognostical evaluation of Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.." Journal of Research and Education in Indian Medicine 23 (2017), 85-89. doi:10.5455/JREIM.82-1454738309



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Sayani Majumder, Md Harun Al Rashid, Sailee Chowdhury, Bijan Kumar Gupta, Subhash C. Mandal. "Pharmacognostical evaluation of Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.." Journal of Research and Education in Indian Medicine 23.3-4 (2017), 85-89. Print. doi:10.5455/JREIM.82-1454738309



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Sayani Majumder, Md Harun Al Rashid, Sailee Chowdhury, Bijan Kumar Gupta, Subhash C. Mandal (2017) Pharmacognostical evaluation of Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.. Journal of Research and Education in Indian Medicine, 23 (3-4), 85-89. doi:10.5455/JREIM.82-1454738309