Pradeep Singh, Ratan Lal Khosa, Shruti Srivastava, Garima Mishra, Keshri Kishor Jha, Sourabh Srivastava, Sangeeta, Ramesh Kumar Verma, Mohd Adil Tahseen
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic pharmacognostical characters of Costus speciosus (aerial parts) along with their physico-chemical parameters and fluorosence analysis. METHOD: The pharmacognostical characters were determined in terms of macroscopy, microscopy, powder microscopy, leaf constant, fluorescence analysis and preliminary phytochemical investigation. RESULTS: The findings of macroscopy revealed that leaves elliptic to oblong or oblong-lancoelate, thick, spirally arranged, with stem clasping sheaths up to 4 cm, flowers large, white, cone-like terminal spikes, with bright red bracts...
June 2014: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine