title: Pharmacognostical and phytochemical studies on curcuma amada (linn.) rhizome (zingiberaceae).
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).
authors.affiliation: Genetics and Plant Breeding Division Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala - 673 635, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chitra
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Thoppil