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Contents
Number Number
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Alternate system of medicine 1
1.1.1 Introduction to Ayurveda 1
1.1.2 Principles of Ayurveda 2
1.1.3 Treatment in Ayurveda 8
1.2 Need for standardization 9
1.3 Commercial importance of medicinal plants 11
1.4 Selection of the research problem 12
1.5 References 13
3. LITERATURE REVIEW
16
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Historical review 16
4. PHARMACOGNOSTICAL STUDIES
46
4.1 Introduction
47
4.2 Collection and authentication of plant material
4.3 Methodology 47
5. PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES
90
5.1 Collection and authentication of plant material
90
5.2 Preparation of extract
5.3 Preliminary phytochemical screening 91
5.4.1 Introduction 96
5.4.2 Materials and methods 97
5.4.2.1 Foreign matter 97
5.4.2.2 Loss on drying of the sample at 105° C 97
5.4.2.3 Total ash content 97
5.4.2.4 Water soluble ash 98
5.4.2.5 Acid-insoluble ash 98
5.4.2.6 Extractive values 99
5.4.2.6.1 Water soluble extractive of the sample 99
5.4.2.6.2 Alcohol soluble extractive of the sample 100
5.4.3 Estimation of heavy metals such as lead, cadmium,
mercury and arsenic 100
5.4.4 Determination of aflatoxins 103
5.4.4.1 Introduction 103
5.4.4.2 Experimental method 103
5.4.4.3 Procedure 104
5.4.5 Results and discussion 105
5.5 TLC/HPTLC profile 111
5.5.1 Introduction 111
5.5.2 Preparation of extracts for TLC/HPTLC studies 111
5.5.3 Method for developing TLC/HPTLC 111
5.5.4 Results and discussion
112
5.6 GC-MS analysis of the n-hexane extract of stem bark of
Symplocos crataegoides 118
5.6.1 Introduction 118
5.6.2 Materials and methods 118
5.6.3 Results and discussion 119
5.7 References
128