• Anil Vishnu Dusane

Boerhaavia diffusa, Boerhaavia erecta, Boerhaavia. repanda and Trianthema portulacastrum L. are equated with ‘Punarnava.’ T. portulacastrum L. (Ficoidaceae). It is a pantropical weed, common on plains, along the roadside, moist areas, and towards the coast. Many researchers consider it as ‘Shwet Punarnava.’ T. portulacastrum is a rich source of various phytochemicals viz. alkaloids, steroids, flavonoids, saponins, and glycosides, etc. It is used in the traditional system of medicine due to its significant pharmacological activities such as hepatoprotective, anti-fertility, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, etc. TLC studies were carried out by employing a solvent system such as chloroform: methanol (80:20) using UV 254 nm and 366 nm, iodine, Dragendorff's reagent, and 1%Vanilline-50%phosphoric acid visualizers. In view of the therapeutic importance of this plant and its potential to substitute B. diffusa, the quality control parameters viz. macroscopic, microscopic, ash values, extractive values, phytochemical screening, and chromatography have been evolved. The physicochemical constants evolved in the present investigation will serve as the parameters for quality control and fingerprinting for plant-based pharmaceutical and cosmetic market products.

Hepatoprotective, quality control, pharmacognostic standardization, physicochemical evaluation, Shwet Punarnava, Trianthema portulacastrum

"Fingerprinting and Quality Control of Trianthema portulacastrum L. Root", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no.14-18, February-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002404.pdf

"Fingerprinting and Quality Control of Trianthema portulacastrum L. Root", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no. pp14-18, February-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002404.pdf