Pharmacognostical Studies on Root of  Tribulus terrestris

Mamdouh N. Samy; Mokhtar M. Bishr; Ahmed A. Ahmed; Hanaa M. Sayed; Mohamed S. Kamel

Pharmacognostical Studies on Root of Tribulus terrestris

Mamdouh N. Samy ¹, Mokhtar M. Bishr ², Ahmed A. Ahmed ³, Hanaa M. Sayed ⁴, Mohamed S. Kamel ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Pharmacognosy, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt
2 Research and Development Department, Mepaco Company, Cairo, 11361, Egypt
3 Department of Organic Chemistry, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt
4 Department of Pharmacognosy, Assuit University, Assuit 71526, Egypt

Tribulus terrestris L. is an annual, prostrate, branched herb of the Zygophyllaceae family. In traditional medicine, hot water extract of the ischolar_main is taken orally as an aphrodisiac. Therefore, in this context the detailed pharmacognostic study of ischolar_main has been carried out with the aim to establish its pharmacognostical standards. The microscopical studies of ischolar_main revealed the presence of cluster crystals, starch granules, lignified fibers, pitted wood parenchyma and pitted xylem vessel.