PHARMACOGNOSTIC AND PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF CELOSIA ARGENTEA LINN.
Celosia a rgentea Linn belongs to family Amaranthaceae and is being used in the indi genous systems of medicine as a wound healing and immune stimulating agent for curing kidney stone . The drug part is usually used as the white tuberous roots , leaf and stem of this plant. The present study includes the macro and microscopic characters, his tochemistry and phytochemistry. The phytochemical screening is also confirmed by HPTLC analysis for Quercetin.
A REVIEW OF THE GENUS Nephasis CASEY AND A COMPARISON WITH THE GENUS Clitostethus WEISE (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE)