European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF ACORUS COLATOLAMUS AND ACONITUM HETEROTHYLLUM

Satya Prakash Maurya*, Amrita Asthana, Somendra Kumar Maurya, Pooja Maurya, Kaushal Yadav and Anita Maurya

ABSTRACT

Preliminary pharmacognostical standardization studies of the Acorus Colatolamus and Aconitum Heterothyllum other physical values and parameters will help to identify the species of plant. Photochemical screening refers to the extraction, screening and identification of the medicinally active substances found in plants. Some of the bioactive substances that can be derived from plants are carbohydrates, flavonoids, alkaloids, glycosides, steroids are present in Acorus Colatolamus and Aconitum Heterothyllum may carbohydrate contains fehling and bendicts test, protein with sulphur, precepetate test with 5% HgCl2 and 5% lead acetate and cardiac glycoside in Beljet test are present. It is effective for digestive ailments such as flatulence, loss of appetite, abdominal dull pain and worms. Aconitum heterophyllum are cooling in potency and bitter in taste. They are used as expectorant, febrifuge, anthelmintic, anti-diarrhoeal, anti-emetic, and anti-inflammatory.

Keywords: Acorus Colatolamus, Aconitum Heterothyllum.