Challenges on Standardizing of Closely Related Medicinal Plants Ocimum Species

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  • Madhumathi S. Dr. JRK‘s Siddha Research and Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd. 18 & 19, Perumal Koil Street, Kunrathur, Chennai, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12300/rrjopc.v2i3.420

Abstract

Ocimum species are reported to have a great medicinal value in Indian medicine. Leaves of Ocimum sanctum and Ocimum basilicum are commonly known as basil and sweet basil respectively belong to the family Labiate. Present work is related to differentiate and standardize of Ocimum sanctum and Ocimum basilicum closely related medicinal plants by using powder microscopy and thin layer chromatography (TLC). The study revealed the importance of powder microscopy and TLC techniques to identify the closely related species.

 

Keywords: Ocimum species, powder microscopy, TLC

Cite this Article

Sundararajan Madhumathi. Challenges on Standardizing of Closely Related Medicinal Plants Ocimum Species. Research & Reviews: A Journal of Pharmacognosy. 2015; 2(3): 11–15p.

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Published

2019-03-06

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2015)

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Research Article

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