Abstract

QUALITATIVE STANDARDS OF TERMINALIA ARJUNA ROXB AND ITS AYURVEDIC IMPORTANCE

Payal Lande* and Surekha Landge

Abstract

Medicinal plant have been a main source of therapeutic agent from ancient time to cure diseases. Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) is one of the most accepted and beneficial medicinal plant in indigenous system of medicine for the treatment of various critical diseases. Specially it improves the strength of heart muscles fibres and regulates heart beats by increasing force of contraction. In present study bark of Arjun has been taken for pharmacognostic and physicochemical study in terms of macroscopic study, microscopic study, foreign matter, loss on drying, ash value, acid insoluble ash, water soluble ash. This study help in evaluation of Terminalia arjuna in Ayurvedic point of view.

Keywords: Arjun bark, pharmacognostic, physicochemical study.