Volume 1, Issue 3

 

Microscopic Studies on Lens Esculenta

 

Author: Vikrant Arya

Abstract: Microscopic analysis of a crude drug facilitate the researchers for appropriate identification of a drug and abolish adulteration and provide a basis for authentication of crude drug. The present investigation involves the plant drug Lens esculenta Moench. belonging to family Papilionaceae. It is cultivated as a pulse crop. Even though the plant has captured scientific emphasis recently, there is a need for standardization. Hence in present work the seed part of the plant is subjected to various microscopic assessments. In the microscopic studies different cell structure and arrangement were studied.

Keyword: Lens Esculenta, Microscopic Evaluation, Identification.

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