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Pharmacognostic Overview on Cayratia trifolia (Linn.) and Cymbopogon citratus.
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ASHISH WANJARI, YASHWANT NAKHATE, PRANALI KALAMBE, VISHAL RAMTEKE, RAKESH BHUTE, ASHISH LANDE
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Cayratia trifolia (Linn.)Domin is a perennial climber, family Vitaceae, found in India, Asia and Australia. It is commonly known as fox grape in English, Amalbel, Ramchana in Hindi and Amlavetash in Sanskrit. The plant has trifoliate leaves with (2-3cm) long petioles and ovate to oblong-ovate leaflets. The stem composed of cork cells on the outer side and composed of small size sclerenchymatous cells. The cortex is wide and has parenchymatous cells. Cortex also shows the presence of calcium oxalate crystals. Stomata are anisocytic or unequal celled stomata, three subsidiary cells, one is smaller than other two. Transverse section of leaf shows the epidermis layer followed by cuticle layer and vascular bundles (xylem and phloem). This plant also contains kaempferol, myricetin, quercetin, triterpenes and epifriedelanol. Whole plant of Cayratia trifolia has been reported to contain yellow waxy oil, steroids/terpenoids, ?avonoids, tannins. Plant shows the antioxidant, antidiabetic, antibacterial, antiviral and anticancer activity.
Cymbopogon citratus, commonly known as Lemongrass is a small herbaceous plant of Poaceae family. The plant is native to the tropical and semitropical countries of Asia and South and Central America and Africa. It is used as traditional medicine for treatment of several diseases such as fever, sore throats, cough, laryngitis, bronchitis, oral candiasis, body ache, head ache, digestive problems etc. Transverse section of leaf shows the epidermis layer followed by cuticle layer and vascular bundles (xylem and phloem). Upper epidermis consists of rectangular cells and the outer wall which contains abundant covering trichomes and anisocytic stomata. Trichomes are uniseriate and multicellular. This study deals with the preliminary phytochemical screening of extract of lemon grass leaves. Plant of Cymbopogon citratus has been reported to contain Volatile oil, steroids/terpenoids, ?avonoids, tannins etc.
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Climber, Shrub, Microscopy, Phytochemicals, Ethnomedicine, etc.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2023.15.01.018
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