Name of the Herbs

Drug Parts

Description

Identification

Assay

Foreign Matter

Total ASH

Acid Insoluble Ash

Alcohol Soluble Extraction

Water Soluble Extraction

Adhatoda vasica

dried leaves

Macroscopic and Microscopic

By TLC Spot observed

About 1.3% of alkaloids as vascine by HPLC

NMT 2.0%

NMT 17.0%

NMT 1.0%

NLT 6.0%

NLT 27.0%

Glycyrrhyza glabra

Rhizome dark brown to black brown extract

Soluble in Water

Through taste: Sweetish bitter (Organoleptic)

Glycyrrhizin content present in Gylcyrrhiza glabra by HPLC

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Piper longum

Fruiting spikes

Macroscopic

Spot observed by TLC

NLT 5% of Piperinre by HPTLC

NMT 2.0%

NMT 8.0%

NMT 1.0%

NLT 9.0%

NLT 35.0%

Viola odorata

Dried leaves

Viola has characteristic odor

Macroscoipc (As per Flora of Pakistan page # 4)

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NMT 3.0%

NMT 15.0%

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Hyssopus officinalis

Flowering tops

Macroscopic. Microscopic

Spot observed by TLC

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NMT 2%

NMT 10%

NMT 2.5%

water soluble extractive: NLT 10%

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Alpinia galanga

Dried rhizome

Macroscopic and Microscopic

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NMT 2.0%

NMT 2.0%

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NLT 6.0%

NLT 13.0%

Cordia latifolia

Ddried fruit

Macroscopic

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NMT 2.0%

NMT 3.0%

NMT 1.0%

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Althea officinalis

Dried seeds

Macroscopic and Microscopic

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NMT 2.0%

NMT 8.0%

NMT 1.5%

NLT 10.0%

NLT 18.0%

Zizyphus jujuba

Dried mature fruit of

Macroscopic and Microscopic

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NMT 1.0%

NMT 4.5%

NMT 0.2%

NLT 25.0%

NLT 45.0%

Onosma bracteatum

Ddried leaves and stem

Macroscopic and Microscopic

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NMT 2.0%

NMT 26.0%

NMT 4.0%

NLT 1.0%

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