Pharmacognostic Study of coccinia grandis L.

ABSTRACT

Coccinia grandis [kanduri] belonging to Cucurbitaceae family is one of the important plant drug used in Unani system of medicine. It is used by local healers in combination with other drugs to cure skin ailments such as psoriasis, eczema, and scabies. It is also employed in bronchitis and ulcer. Part of plant is recommended in diabetes mellitus. This paper deals with its literature survey regarding diabetes mellitus cultivation, chemical information and medicinal importance. The detailed chemical, histo-chemical color test, botanical features, pharmacognostic parameters and microscopic and macroscopic evaluation of different morphological parts i.e leaf and stem were performed for the identification of genuine samples and for its utilization not only in health care system as medical aid but as raw material in detection of the adulteration in the market sample which is necessary for providing the standardized plants drug material to pharmaceutical industry and, study of the quality control parameters of the drugs