PJB-2020-179
Phytopharmacognostic Evaluation and FTIR Fingerprint in the Quality Attributes of Various Medicinal Impotant Culinary Herbs
Kaneez Fatima
Abstract
ABSTRACT The quality and efficacy of culinary herbs which are commonly practiced in Asia as remedy of seasonal illnesses such as cold, flu, congestion, fever, inflammations etc. The extemporaneous preparations of these culinary herbs are being formulated in pantry either in the form of extract, decoction, and pasteetc. These culinary herbs are being practiced for curing sporadic illnesses since ancient time. In the present study five herbs’ i.e.Elettaria cardamomum(cardamom), Cinnamomum zeylanicum(cinnamon), Carum carvi(caraway),Oreganum vulgare(oregano) and Eugenia caryophyllus(clove) have been obtained from the market and various quality control tests including microscopic evaluation, physico-chemical characteristics, thin layer chromatography (TLC) and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) have been performed to determine their compliance with the standards. The TLC has been used for the identification of the active ingredients on comparison of their Rf values with the reference standard. FTIR Spectra of these materials have been obtained for identification and confirmation of various structural information and assignment of functional groups.Various herbal samples used in this study has been complied with the available official standards as given in Pharmacopoeia. However, some of these samples does not complied with the standards which indicate that spurious quality of raw herbis the prime cause that may interfere with the therapeutic efficacy and variability of outcomes.Although these findings provide a significant data to herbal drug manufacturers for authentication of commercially available herbs which may be used in the formulation of extemporaneous or commercially available herbal drugs.
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