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. 2002 Oct-Dec;22(2):25–33.

PHARMACOGNOSTICAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON CURCUMA AMADA (LINN.) RHIZOME (ZINGIBERACEAE)

M Chitra 1, JE Thoppil 1
PMCID: PMC3331004  PMID: 22557083

Abstract

The macroscopic and microscopic characters, physical constant values, extractive values, ash values and the behaviour of powder drug on treatment with different chemical regents, microchemical and histochemical analyses were conducted to characterize some pharmacognostical parameters of Curcuma amada linn. (Zingiberaceae).

Keywords: Curcuma amada, Zingiberaceae, Pharmacognostic study Phytochemistry

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