Pharmacognostical and phytochemical studies on leaves of dodonaea viscosa linn
N Jawahar1, R Manivannan, S Jubie
1Swamy Vivekanandha College of Pharmacy, Tiruchengode - 637 205, India.
Ancient Science of Life
|May 5, 2012
Abstract:
Leaves of Dodonaea viscose Linn are used in the treatment of gout and rheumatism. This present work deals with pharmacognostical studies such as leaf constants, ash values, extractive values and also preliminary phytochemical studies of leaves of Dodonaea Viscosa Linn.
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