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PHYTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION AND CHROMATOGRAPHIC FINGERPRINT STUDY OF GUDUCHI PATRA [TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA (WILLD.) HOOK. F. AND THOMS.

Yadav Chandra Kishor* and Hegde Prakash L

ABSTRACT

Guduchi [Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook. f. and Thoms.] is a large, glabrous, deciduous climbing shrub belonging to the family Menispermaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropical India. In Hindi, the plant is commonly known as ‘Giloe’. It is a widely used plant in folk and Ayurvedic systems of medicine. The chemical constituents reported from this plant (patra) belong to different classes, such as Alkaloids, Saponnin, Steroids, Carbohydrates, Flavonoids, Tannins etc. Various properties of T. cordifolia, leaf described in ancient texts of Ayurveda are Rasayana, Sangrahi, Balya, Agnideepana, Tridoshshamaka, Dahnashaka, Mehnashaka, Kasa-swasahara, Pandunashaka, Kamala-Kushta-Vataraktanashaka, Jwarhara, Krimihara, Prameha, Arshnashaka etc. Guduchi is an important drug used in Ayurveda in Various diseased conditions and also for maintenance of health. In classical Ayurveda literatures various properties and medicinal uses of T. cordifolia have been described, along with phytochemical and Chromatographic fingerprint reports.

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