GERMAN BIOTECH LABORATORY

SPECIFICATION FOR HERB

Department Document No/ Revision Effective date Page No.
QCD No.
GBL/ RM/HB/159/A 01/07/2022 Page 1 of 1
Herb Name JABORANDI

Tests Acceptance criteria Reference

Part Used Leaves. HPI

Description: Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, 30 to 45 cm long having 3 pairs of HPI

leaflets and a terminal one, short stalked, leaflets coriaceous, green
and shining above, paler or smooth or hairy beneath.

Macroscopical Leaf: in transverse section shows upper epidermis of more or less HPI
tangentially elongated cells, with thick yellow outer cuticle and
frequently showing long, yellowish, thick-walled, unicellular, non-
glandular, bent or curved hairs; palisade parenchyma consisting of 1
to 3 layers of columnar cells mostly possessing chloroplasts, internal
glands containing oil globules; spongy parenchyma a broad zone of
irregularly shaped cells and prominent intercellular spaces. many
cells containing a rosette aggregate of calcium oxalate, others
reddish-brown tannin masses; lower epidermis of more or less
tangentially elongated epidermal cells and stomatal apparatuses, the
outer walls of cells being covered with thick yellow cuticle.

The midrib region shows a partial circle of collateral bundles

separated by narrow medullary rays and surrounded by an interrupted
circle of several rows of thick-walled, slightly lignified,
pericyclicfibres.

Loss on drying NMT 10% w/w HPI

HPI stands for: - “HOMOEOPATHIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA”

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