Abstract

PHYTO ANALYSIS AND COMPARATIVE ESTIMATION OF TPC IN EMBLICA OFFICINALIS QUALITY PARAMETERS IN MARKETED AND FOREST SAMPLES.

Rahnuma Khan*, Dr. Manish Mishra and Dr. Mukta Shrivastav

Abstract

Emblica officinalis (amla) undeniably a powerhouse of nutrients. It is a very delicious fruit. It is also known as Indian gooseberry. It belongs to phyllanthaceae family. Emblica exhibits strong antioxidant activity. It is one of the most important plants in the traditional ayurvedic medical system as well as in other traditional health systems for immune modulatory, anti-inflammatory, antiulcer, hepatoprotective, and anticancer actions. The increase in demand of medicinal plants for the commercial herbal medicine sector led to the indiscriminate and unscientific collection without any consideration for the quality of the material collected. The ocular observations of the market sample of Aonla fruits indicate that mixing of old and diseased parts of samespecies and other adulterants is rampant in the local market. Laboratory analysis shows that in one kilogram of market sample, more than 20% raw material was found adulterated in all the selected species. Checking and testing the quality of proposed raw herbals traded in the markets and compared to the freshly collected raw material from forest.

Keywords: E. Officinalis, Phyto Analysis, TPC, Marketed samples and Forest Samples.