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Evaluation of pharmacognostic, physico-chemical and fluoresence properties of Polygonum barbatum Linn.

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Botany and Research Centre, S.T. Hindu College, Nagercoil -629 002, Kanyakumari District (Affiliated with Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli), Tamil Nadu, India
  • 2Department of Botany and Research Centre, S.T. Hindu College, Nagercoil -629 002, Kanyakumari District (Affiliated with Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli), Tamil Nadu, India

Res. J. Recent Sci., Volume 8, Issue (3), Pages 19-29, July,2 (2019)

Abstract

Polygonum barbatum, belongs to family Polygonaceae, is used in traditional system of medicine for healing various diseases. This study includes morphological, microscopic and physic-chemical investigations of the Polygonum barbatum. The results of present study used to ascertain the originality of the drugs prepared from the whole plant samples of P. barbatum.

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