• DR AMRUTA ASHOK JADHAV
• DR RABINARAYAN ACHARYA
• DR AJINKYA DEEPAK ACHAREKAR
• HARISHA C R

Background: India has rich floristic and ethnic diversity. Rasna is a very important medicinal plant having many therapeutic uses. Pluchea lanceolata CB Clerk is an API recommended source plant of rasna found in upper gangiatic plain and Rajasthan and Blepharispermum subsessile DC is a folklore medicinal herb, locally known as Rasnajhadi in Odisha, found in Odisha, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra. These two sources are being used as Rasna in treating rheumatic, gynecological, nervous disorders etc. Aim: Comparative review on pharmacocognostical and preliminary physicochemical profiles of Pluchea lanceolata CB Clerk root(PLR) and Blepharispermum subsessile DC root(BSR). Materials and Methods: Roots of Pluchea lanceolata CB Clerk (PLR) were collected from Jamnagar, Gujarat and Blepharispermum subsessile DC roots (BSR) were collected from Odisha. Its macroscopic, microscopic, powder characters and preliminary physicochemical characters, Comparative HPTLC were studied following standard procedures. Results and conclusion: the findings of the study will be useful in the identification and standardization of roots of Pluchea lanceolata CB Clerk and Blepharispermum subsessile DC.

Pluchea lanceolata CB Clerk (PLR) and Blepharispermum subsessile DC(BSR), Root, Asteraceae, Rasna, ethanomedicine, physicochemical, HPTLC

"Detailed comparative pharmacocognostical and preliminary physicochemical investigation of two source plant of Rasna: Pluchea lanceolata CB Clerk and Blepharispermum subsessile DC", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no.i191-i204, June-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2306820.pdf

"Detailed comparative pharmacocognostical and preliminary physicochemical investigation of two source plant of Rasna: Pluchea lanceolata CB Clerk and Blepharispermum subsessile DC", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no. ppi191-i204, June-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2306820.pdf