PHARMACOGNOSTIC EVAL UATION OF KALANCHOE PINNATA R OOTS

The plant Kalanchoe pinnata is widely used in ayurvedic system of medicine as astringent, analgesic, carmina tive and also useful in diarrhea and vomiting. It is naturalized throughout the hot and moist parts of India. And lots of phytochemical and pharmacological work has done on leaves of plant but the root part is not focused. Hence we have selected roots for pharmacognostic analysis which will support further studies on the root . In this first roots are subjected to microscopic and macroscopic evaluation after which physical parameters were evaluated. KEYWORD : Kalanchoe pinnata , pharmacognostic, physical param eters