• Dr. Kamalam
• Nithya. V

Curculigo orchioides is an important medicinal herb commonly known as Golden eye grass, used in the indigenous system of medicine. It is a small herb with tuberous perennial root system. In Siddha medicine it is called ‘Nilappanai kizhangu’ in Tamil and Musali in Ayurveda. The root part of the plant is used to cure various ailments. The present investigation deals with the histochemical studies on leaves and roots of Curculigo orchioides using fold scope. This study helps in identification and localization of secondary metabolites in the plant parts. Hand sectioned materials were stained with different chemical reagents and observed under the fold scope to identify location of the secondary metabolites. The result of the histochemical studies confirmed the presence of secondary metabolites such as terpenoids, phenol, tannin, lignin, pectin, flavonoids, alkaloids, polysaccharides, starch, mucilage and protein in leaf and root system. Steroids are absent in both leaf and root. Fats and oil are present in leaf but absent in root. The result of present study will be helpful to identify the sources of the plant to be collected for medicinal preparations. Thus, fold scope served as best tool for identification of right plant at the field level without sacrificing the plants for screening of phytochemicals at laboratory level.

Curculigo orchioides, foldscope, histochemicals, secondary metabolites

"HISTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON AN IMPORTANT MEDICINAL HERB CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES GAETRN USING FOLD SCOPE ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.893-900, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907885.pdf

"HISTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON AN IMPORTANT MEDICINAL HERB CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES GAETRN USING FOLD SCOPE ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp893-900, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907885.pdf