2015, Vol. 3, Issue 5, Part C

author(s)
Kamalinee A Deodhar, Nanda W Shinde

abstract
Large populations are using the medicinal plants for various diseases. Such treatments are provided mostly by local healers. The major problem is the identification of plants, because in the same genus large numbers of species are present and these species are very similar with little morphological difference. One of these includes the plant C. paniculatus, known for the centuries as “Elixir of life” as it is used in curing many diseases. But as this plant is having six different varieties which are equally medicinally important, therefore, pharmacognostic study has great importance for the identification of plants arative study of pet ether extract of all plant parts are studied and analysis is carried especially in the same genus [1]. It consists of basic or preliminary analysis to find out active constituents. In this paper compt.