PHARMACOGNOSTICAL, PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND HPTLC ANALYSIS OF ASTERACANTHA LONGIFOLIA NEES. – SEED

Abstract

Asteracantha longifolia Nees. is familiar as Talmakhana in Unani System of Medicine (USM). It is belongs to Acanthaceae family and its seeds have been used for nocturnal emission, renal calculus and arthralgia in USM. Based on its medicinal importance, the drug is standardized including pharmacopoeial parameters such as macroscopic, microscopy, powder study; physicochemical parameters and High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography profiles were developed as per WHO norms for its quality control purpose. In this present work, we have reported pharmacopoeial, physicochemical parameters and HPTLC profiles of Talmakhana seeds as per WHO norms for the first time.