QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF BERBERIS AND PICRORHIZA KURROA

Satya Prakash Maurya*, Amrita Asthana, Somendra Kumar Maurya, Pooja Maurya, Kaushal Yadav and Anita Maurya

ABSTRACT

The genus Berberis has an important place in various traditional systems of medicine worldwide for their efficacious medicinal properties. The bark is used as a tonic and anti-periodic. This plant is also well proven for cardio vascular, hepato-protective, antimicrobial and anti-cancerous activities. Picrorhiza kurroa is Natural products have been an important resource for the maintenance of life for ages. Already in the earliest written traditions. It is used in all forms of liver damage, cirrhosis and inflammation of the liver. It protects the liver against damage from the hepatitis C virus. The extraction, screening and identification of the medicinally active substances found in plants. Some of the bioactive substances that can be derived from plants are carbohydrates, flavonoids, alkaloids, glycosides, steroids are present in B.aristata and Picorrhiza kurroa may carbohydrate, steroid, cardiac glycoside and flavonids are present.

Keywords: Berberis, Picrorhiza kurroa.