THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SOME PHARMACOGNOSTICAL STUDIES AND THE ANTHRAQUINONE CONTENT IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF EGYPTIAN CASSIA SPECIES

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Abstract

The presence or absence of the different anthraquinone derivatives in Cassia species are recorded. The derivatives are studied by paper and thin-layer chromatography before and after hydrolysis and oxidative hydrolysis, Chromatographic and spectral data are recorded as well as their quantities. Some morphological aspects and numerical values are mentioned.