1Biodiversity and Applied Botany Division, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR), Canal Road, Jammu - 180 001, J&K, India
2Natural Product Chemistry Division, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR), Canal Road, Jammu - 180 001, J&K, India
High Altitude Plant Physiology Research Centre, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar - 246 174, Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India
*Corresponding author : RS Chauhan e-mail : rchauhanua@gmail.com
Online published on 21 August, 2012.
Swertia anguistifolia Ham. is an important medicinal plant of family Gentianaceae, distributed in subtropical to temperate Himalaya. The species is adulterant of S. chirayita and useful in ethnomedicinal system. Mature plants were collected at flowering stage, air dried, crushed to make extracts. Samples were investigated for the presence of biologically active molecules. Samples of S. anguistifolia collected from four different populations’ revealed presence of mangiferin and amaroswerin whereas amarogentin were completely absent. Concentration of mangiferin and amaroswerin varied from population to population.
Adulterant, Amaroswerin, Gentianaceae, Mangiferin, Swertia
