Picrorhiza kurrooa Root and Rhizome Powder
Picrorhiza Species Root and Rhizome Powder
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Picrorhiza kurrooa Root and Rhizome Powder
DEFINITION
The article consists of the dried root and rhizome of Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle (Family Plantaginaceae), reduced to powder or very fine powder. It contains NLT 3.5% of iridoid glycosides calculated as the sum of picroside I and picroside II on the anhydrous basis.
POTENTIAL CONFOUNDING MATERIALS
Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora Pennell
CONSTITUENTS OF INTEREST
Iridoid glycosides: Picroside I and picroside II
IDENTIFICATION
• A. Botanical Characteristics
Dusty grey; shows group of fragments of cork cells, thick walled. parenchyma,...