BOTANICAL STUDIES OF PLANTS SOLD IN MARKET AS ‘SAFED MUSLI’

Six crude drug samples claimed as ‘Safed Musli’ were collected from different sources and studied for their botanical characters for proper identification. The botanical studies dealt with exomorphology of plant, morphological & microscopical root tuber characters and reported. Based on these observations, it is suggested that there is a need for the authentication of sample of the crude drug purchased from market at any form or stage under the trade name ‘Safed Musli’ before their utilization.