PHARMACOGNOSTICAL EVALUATION OF STEM OF SESAMUM INDICUM LINN (TILA NALA)
Abstract
Sesamum indicum Linn (Tila) is a herbaciuos plant extensively cultivated throughout India in the plains and upto an altitude of 1200 m for its seeds. Usually after the harvest of sesame seed (Tila beeja), its stalk or stem (nala) is discarded. Most of the Ayurvedic texts explained seeds as the useful part of Tila plant. The uses of Tila nala kshara (alkali preparation from stem or stalk of Sesamum indicum Linn.) is mentioned in Ayurvedic text books like Yoga ratnakara, Cakradutta etc. But characters, properties and uses of stem of Tila plant (tila nala) are not available. So the present study was undertaken to assess the pharmacognostical characterestics of the genuine drug collected directly.The pharmacognostical characterestics observed in this study may help in standardisation,identification and in carrying out further research in Sesamum indicum Linn.
KEYWORDS: Tila nala,Sesamum indicum Linn,Pharmacognostical evaluation.
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