Compiling & Editing by K. Raghunathan and Miss. Roma Mitra 1462p., B/W & Col. Plts., Index, 24 cm.
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DESCRIPTION
The Council has published 2 volumes on Pharmacognosy of Indigenous Drugs in Vol. I & II in 1982 covering 60 Ayurvedic drugs (110 substitutes). The third volume with 20 Ayurvedic drugs is brought out 1999. The different aspects of each e.g. origin, botanical/sanskrit names, regional names, properties, classical/modern used botanical description of part used, distribution, cultivation methods, macroscopic and microscopic characters quantitative value of drug matter and moisture is also given. The preliminary physico-chemical, phyto-chemical analysis and analysis of powder drug is also given.
