Pharmacognostic Evaluation of Urginea Indica (Liliaceae)

Vol-3 | Issue-09 | September 2018 | Published Online: 07 September 2018    PDF ( 217 KB )
Author(s)
Kumari Nitu Singh 1
Abstract

Urginea indica Kunth (LILIACEAE) is a medicinal herb, with bulbous stem and contractile root stock. Its bulb is used as diuretic, emetic, expectorant, cathartic and anticancer agent. It involves various pharmacognostic parameters such as macroscopy, microscopy, powder study, phytochemical analysis and preliminary phytochemical screening.

Keywords
Urginea indica, pharmacognosy bulb, macroscopy, microscopy
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