Nagod

For sem 7 B.pharm students GTU

1. NAGOD Plant part use: Leaf Prepared By : Janavi Patel Sem-7, APIP, Jamnagar Guide by: Mrs. Pooja Khanpara

2. Synonyms : Chaste Tree, Man Ching, Negundo, Lenggundi Biological source : It is obtained from the leaves of the plant Vitex Negundo . Family : Verbenaceae Plant part use : leaves

3. Morphology Large aromatic shrub with quadrangular , densely whitish, tomentose branchlets. Bark : Thin , Colour : Grey. Leaves 3 to 5 foliolate Leaflets Lanceolate Lateral leaflets smaller than terminal ones. Flowers bluish purple Drupes : Globose

4. Microscopy

5. Stomata : Absent in the upper epidermis and plenty on lower side . Most are anomocytic. Trichomes : Both simple, covering glandular on the both the surfaces but covering are plenty on the lower surface, 1 - 3 celled uniseriate, with sharp pointed apex and bulging base . Mesophyll : Consisting of 3 rows of palisade cells. Vascular bundles protected on the both sides of paremchymatous sheath. Midrib : Collenchymatous tissue below the uper and lower epidermis. Xylem is crescent shaped.

6. Phloem : Phloem is parenchymatous with groups of sieve tissue. Patches : Patches of perimedullary phloem are embedded in the parenchyma tissue. Pericycle is characterised by isolated groups of lignified pericyclic fibres. Starch : It is a present throughout the parenchyma of lamina and midrib portion.

7. Chemical Constituents Casticin Isoorientin Chrysopenol D Luteolin p- hydroxybenzoic acid D- fructose

8. Uses In the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Nirgundi decoction used for steam bath for joint pains . Dried leaves when smoked also said to relieve catarrh and headache . Used in sinuses and scrofulous sores. Oil is used for sloughing wounds and ulcers .

9. Marketed Products Nirgundi Kalpa Vish Garbha Tel Nirgundi Tel Putrada Rasayana Maha Vish Garbha Tel

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