Development of quality standards and phytochemical analysis for strychinus nuxvomica linn.

Abstract

Strychinus nuxvomica (SN) is an evergreen and medium sized deciduous tree, usually 15-20 m high and up to 70 cm diameter. The fruits are globose, 2.5-5cm. in diameter, orange red when ripe containing many discoid, compressed coins likes seed in fleshy pulp. Seeds are used for therapeutic purposes. The objective of the present investigation was development of the quality standards and the phytochemical analysis of SN. This includes morphological and histological characters. pH of aqueous solution, ash values, extractive values, loss on drying, fluoresce analysis , primary phytochemical screening and HPTLC finger printing profile of different extracts. The finding of this study might be useful as supplement information regarding the identification of SN and lying down pharmacopoeial standards as standardization of the herbal medicine is essential and need of today.