KASTURILATIKA (Seed)
Kasturilatka consists of seed of Hibiscus abelmoschus Linn. Syn. Abelmoschus moschatus Medik (Fam. Malvacem), an evergreen shrub about 1.22 m in height cultivated
in hotter parts of India.
SYNONYMS
Sanskrit : —
Assamese : —
Bengali : Latakasturi
English : —
Gujrati : Bhindo, Bhinda
Hindi : —
Kannada : Kasturi Kande, Kadu Kastuar
Kashmiri : —
Malayalam : Kattu Kasthuri, Kasturi Kanda
Marathi : Kasturbhendi
Oriya : —
Punjabi : Mushak Dana, Lata Kasturi
Tamil : Kasturi-vendai
Telugu : Kasturi Benda
Urdu : —
DESCRIPTION
a) Macroscopic
Seeds greyish-brown and blackish, not velvety to touch, kidney-shaped, slightly compressed with shallow depressions on both sides, marked with minute parallel ridges and furrows; hilum small and distinct; odour, musk-like; no taste.
b) Microscopic
Shows two integuments, outer integument forms ridges and furrows; epidermis consists of single layered tangentially elongated cells, followed by 1 to 3 layers of thinwalled tangentially elongated cells in the region of furrows; 1 to 4 rows of rounded, thick-walled cells containing yellowish-brown masses with 1 or 2 of the upper most rows thin-walled, tangentially elongated and pointed cells present in the region of ridges; inner integument represented by palisade like cells, containing some granular masses followed by thin and thick-walled parenchyma; the thick-walled being 4 to 8 layered, compactly arranged, tangentially elongated, having reddish-brown contents, followed by the thin-walled and colourless cells; 8 to 12 layers of cells large, isodiametric to oval; a single layer of tangentially elongated cells present; cotyledons two, consisting of single layered cubical to irregular cells of epidermis covered by cuticle and followed by a single layered palisade like cells; the rest of the cotyledons consists of 4 to 6 rows of thin-walled, isodiametric cells filled with granular masses; lower epidermis composed of a single layer of cells covered with cuticle.
Powder – Greyish-brown; shows brown coloured parenchyma cells, rounded, thick walled cells, a few palisade cells and polygonal and straight walls epidermal cells in surface view
IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH
Foreign matter Not more than 2 per cent, Appendix 2.2.2.
Total Ash Not more than 5 per cent, Appendix 2.2.3.
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 0.3 per cent, Appendix 2.2.4.
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 10 per cent, Appendix 2.2.6.
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 9 per cent, Appendix 2.2.7.
Fixed Oil Not less than 10 per cent, Appendix 2.2.8
T.L.C.
T.L.C. of the alcoholic extract on Silica gel ‘G’ plate using Toluene: Ethylacetate (9: 1) under UV (366 nm) shows two fluorescent zones at Rf. 0.36 and 0.93 (both blue). On exposure to Iodine vapour five spots appear at Rf. 0.19, 0.31, 0.53, 0.71 and 0.93 (all yellow). On spraying with 5% Methanolic-Sulphuric acid reagent and heating the plate for about ten minutes at 110oC five spots appear at Rf. 0.19, 0.31, 0.53, 0.71 and 0.93 (all grey). On spraying with 5% Vanillin-Sulphuric acid reagent and heating the plate for ten minutes at 110oC five spots appear at Rf. 0.19, 0.31, 0.53, 0.71 and 0.93 (all grey).
CONSTITUENTS – Fixed Oil and Volatile Oils
PROPERTIES AND ACTION
Rasa : Madhura, Katu, Tikta
Guna : Laghu
Virya : Sita
Vipaka : Madhura
Karma : Caksusya, Kaphahara, Vrsya, Cedini, Mukhadaurgandhyanasaka, Vasti Visodhani
IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Karpuradyarka
THERAPEUTIC USES – Trsna, Mukha Roga, Vasti Roga
DOSE – 2-4 gm of the drug in powder form.
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