Pharmacognostical studies on the leaves of jasminum grandiflorum, linn

ABSTRACT

Pharmacognostical studies carried out on the leaves of Jasminum grandiflorum linn. commonly used as crude durg by the name 'Chameli' have been described and discussed. The macro and microscopic characters of the leaf, fluorescence characteristics under UV light and other features of powdered drug, qualitative estlimation of organic and inrorganic chemical constituents, some other physico-chemical constants and results of thin layer chromatography have been described in detail