Pharmacognostic (Morphological and Microscopical) Evaluation of Aegle marmelos C. Leaves

Abstract

Tushar P. Dukre, Sagar S. Sangale, Akash K. Shelke

C. A. Sydler first coined pharmacognosy to investigate medicinal plants or products. Where these investigations are done by physical, chemical, and biochemical properties. Aegle marmelos commonly known as bael (or bel), belong- ing to the family Rutaceae, is a moderate sized, slender and aromatic tree. The leaves of bael are available in toothed, pointy, oval-ovate or ovate shapes. The leaves are having light yellow to greenish colour with slight aromatic odour due to the presence of oil globules. The present was indicating the presence of vascular bundle and oil globule with calcium oxalate crystals by using various micro-chemical tests.

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