Pharmacognostic characteristics of Capparis avicennifolia Leaves

Abstract

A study was realized farmacognóstico of the leaves of Capparis avicennifolia, where the macromorphologic characteristics decided initially, and the parameters physical-chemist of the control of quality of the raw drug fell like: percentage of moisture, total ashes, extractives substances in ethanol 70º, foreign organic matter, foreing inorganic matter were determined initially. According to the Norms Branches For Crude Drugs, of the MINSAP,which values obtained averages whose obtained values averages, they were inside the permissible range. When being made tamizaje phytochemical according to the phytochemical march of Miranda Migdalia, there was demonstrated the presence of alkaloids, tannins, flavonoides, bitter principles, oil and fats, resins, catequinas, triterpenos and steroids, antocianidinas and amino acids.