Abstract
The present communication is to focus with the preliminary physicochemical, fluorescence and phytochemical analysis of whole plant of Rumex dentatus L. (Polygonaceae). Traditionally this species is used as anti- inflammatory, anti-tumor, anti-dermatitis, astringent, bactericidal, cholagogue, diuretic, laxative and tonic. Presently herbal drugs produced in the developing countries lack proper quality specification and standards and therefore have no consistency in quality. Thus, the main purpose of this investigation is to maintain batch to batch consistency of this highly medicinal herb with the help of these valuable parameters, which will be helpful to study the active secondary metabolites using modern analytical techniques in the later part of this investigation.
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