Pharmacognostical Standardization ofUpodika- BasellaalbaL.: An Important Ayurvedic Antidiabetic Plant.
OBJECTIVE
To establish the pharmacognostic standards for the correct identification and standardization of an important Antidiabetic plant described in Ayurveda.


METHODS
Standardization was carried out on the leaf and stem ofBasella albaL. with the help of the macro-morphological, microscopic, physicochemical and qualitative phytochemical studies.


RESULTS
Several specific characters were identified viz. clustered calcium oxalate crystals in the cortex region, absence of trichomes, succulent, thick, mucilaginous, fibrous stem. Rubiaceous type of stomata on both sides of the leaf. Quantitative microscopy along with physicochemical and qualitative phytochemical analysis were also established.


CONCLUSIONS
The pharmacognostic standards could serve as the reference for the proper identification of theBasella albaL. which is an important anti-diabetic plant described in Ayurveda.
Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Metabolic Disorders, Drug Standardization Research Unit, Jayanagar, Bengaluru, India.
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Shantha
Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Metabolic Disorders, Drug Standardization Research Unit, Jayanagar, Bengaluru, India.
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Patchaimal
Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Metabolic Disorders, Drug Standardization Research Unit, Jayanagar, Bengaluru, India.
M Prathapa
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Reddy
Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Metabolic Disorders, Drug Standardization Research Unit, Jayanagar, Bengaluru, India.
R Kishore
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Kumar
Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
Devesh
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Tewari
Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Metabolic Disorders, Drug Standardization Research Unit, Jayanagar, Bengaluru, India.
Vandana
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Bharti
Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Metabolic Disorders, Drug Standardization Research Unit, Jayanagar, Bengaluru, India.
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Venkateshwarlu
Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
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Mangal
Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
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Padhi
Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
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Dhiman
Anti-diabetic; Basella alba; microscopy; standardization; thin layer chromatography