Pharmacognostic Study of Michelia champaca Linn. Root

Abstract

Plant have been the basis for the medical treatment through much of the human history and such traditional
medicine is still widely practiced today. Herbalism("herbology" or "herbal medicine") is use of plants for medicinal
purposes, and the study of such use. Modern medicine, does, however, make use of many plant-derived compounds
as the basis for evidence-tested pharmaceutical drugs, and phytotherapy works to apply modern standards of
effectiveness testing to herbs and medicines that are derived from natural sources. In this present study, the
pharmacogostical parameter was evaluated for the crude drug powder of Michelia champaca Linn. Root in order to
evaluate the quality and purity of drug. So, the novelity of this work is to find the pharmacognostic evaluation of
Michelia champaca root, to control the quality and purity of crude drug which will help to standardize the crude
drug. This study supports that the root of this plant has hepatoprotective potential and can be used for the ailment of
various liver associated complication.