Quality Control of Natural Products

Sekem Laxative
Sekem laxative ingredients:-
1- Senna Laxative (main)
2- Chamomile Anti-spasmodic &
Carminative
3- Liquorice Sweeting agent
4- Anise Carminative & counteract
gripping effect of senna
5- Fennel Carminative & counteract
gripping effect of senna
6- Coriander Carminative &
counteract gripping effect of senna
 Identity

❑Organoleptic characters:
Color, Odor & Taste

❑Microscopical examination of key element for

each drug.
 1- Senna
Origin: Dried leaflets of
Cassia acutifolia known as
Alexandrian senna and of
Cassia angustifolia known as
Indian senna. Family:
leguminosae
 Unicellular non
glandular hair
With warty cuticle
Crystal sheath: group of
fibers surrounded by
cells containing prisms of
calcium oxalate
 2- Chamomile

Origin: it is the dried

flower-heads of
Matricaria chamomilla
Linne
Fam. Compositae.
 Spiny pollen
grain
Compositae hair
 3- Liquoric
Origin
The dried peeled or
unpeeled roots and stolons
of Glycyrrhiza glabra and
its varieties
(Family Leguminosae =
Fabaceae)
 Cork cells in surface Cork cells in
view side view

Group of lignified fibers

surrounded by parenchyma cells
containing prisms of Ca oxalate
 4- Anise

Origin:
The dried ripe fruits of
Pimpinella anisum
Family Umbelliferae
 Non-glandular unicellular
and bi-cellular hairs with
warty cuticle

Branching vittae and

undrlying endocarp in surface
view
 5- Fennel

Origin:
The dried ripe fruits of
Foeniuculum vulgare
Family Umbelliferae
Large vittae Reticulated parenchyma
 6- Coriander

Origin:
The dried ripe fruits of
Coriandrum sativum
Family Umbelliferae
 crossed fiber of mesocarp

Simple vittae
 Indigestion preparation

Easy meal ingredient:-

1- Ginger Digestive (main)
2- Chamomile Anti-
spasmodic & Carminative
3- Mentha Carminative
4- Fennel Carminative &
antiflatulence
5- Anise Carminative &
antiflatulence
 1- Ginger
Origin
Dried rhizome of
Zingeber officinale
deprived of the outer
dark tissues known
as unbleached jamica
ginger
Fam. Zingeberaceae
 starch granules
Septated fibers with
(Scitaminaceous) : simple, Oleoresin cell
oblique slit-like pits
oval, eccentric hilum and
transverse striations
 2- Chamomile

Origin:
it is the dried flower- heads
of Matricaria chamomilla
Linne Fam. Compositae.
Compositae hair
Spiny pollen grain
 3- Mentha

Origin
Dried leaves and
flowering tops of
Mentha piperita
Family Labiatae
 Capitate hair
Glandular hair with unicellular
stalk unicellular head

Labiaceous hair
short unicellular stalk and a
multicellular head composed of eight
radiating cells with a common
cuticle
 4- Anise

Origin:
The dried ripe fruits of
Pimpinella anisum
Family Umbelliferae
 Non-glandular unicellular
and bi-cellular hairs with
warty cuticle

Branching vittae and

undrlying endocarp in surface
view
 5- Fennel

Origin:
The dried ripe fruits of
Foeniuculum vulgare
Family Umbelliferae
Large vittae Reticulated parenchyma