Abstract

PHARMACOGNOSTIC STUDY OF BARRINGTONIA ACUTANGULA (LINN.) GAERTN.

*Meenakshi Vaidya and Hitesh Shingadia

Abstract

Pharmacognosy - is the study of medicinal drugs derived from plants or other natural sources. A crude drug is any naturally occurring, unrefined substance derived from organic or inorganic sources such as plant, animal, bacteria, organs or whole organisms intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or other animals. Medicinal plants have curative properties due to the presence of various complexes. Pharmacognostic studies of crude drug plays a very important role in identification of purity and quality of crude drugs. In the present study the plant Barringtonia acutangula of family Myrtaceae has been taken up. This plant has important chemical constituents and is medicinally important. In the present study the chemical tests, physicochemical parameters like total ash, water-soluble ash, acid insoluble ash, extractive values have been studied.

Keywords: Barringtonia acutangula, Myrtaceae, chemical tests, physicochemical parameters, total ash, water-soluble ash, acid insoluble ash, extractive values.