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Notes on Identity of Picrorhiza - A High Value Threatened Medicinal Plant Group of Western Himalaya


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1 Dabur Research & Development Centre (DRDC), Dabur India Limited, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad - 201010, Uttar Pradesh, India
 

A review of three species of genus Picrorhiza Royle (Veroniceae) presented here in view of the taxonomy, ecology and phytochemistry. The prime objective of the paper is to differentiate these three species to avoid high scale adulterants in herbal industry and to use correct species for the most efficacy in the Ayurvedic system of medicine.

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Picrorhiza tungnathii, Kutki, Himalaya, Drug Validation, Ayurveda.
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Authors

C. S. Rana
Dabur Research & Development Centre (DRDC), Dabur India Limited, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad - 201010, Uttar Pradesh, India
K. Amandeep
Dabur Research & Development Centre (DRDC), Dabur India Limited, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad - 201010, Uttar Pradesh, India
G. P. Kimothi
Dabur Research & Development Centre (DRDC), Dabur India Limited, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad - 201010, Uttar Pradesh, India
S. B. Narayan
Dabur Research & Development Centre (DRDC), Dabur India Limited, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad - 201010, Uttar Pradesh, India
J. L. N. Sastry
Dabur Research & Development Centre (DRDC), Dabur India Limited, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad - 201010, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


A review of three species of genus Picrorhiza Royle (Veroniceae) presented here in view of the taxonomy, ecology and phytochemistry. The prime objective of the paper is to differentiate these three species to avoid high scale adulterants in herbal industry and to use correct species for the most efficacy in the Ayurvedic system of medicine.

Keywords


Picrorhiza tungnathii, Kutki, Himalaya, Drug Validation, Ayurveda.

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