Glossary

Adulternants : A substance used to substitute a orginal crude drug.

 

Dehydrating agent : A substance used to remove water content.

 

Drug : Plants or Plant parts that have been converted into

phytopharmaceuticals by means of simple processes.

 

Glycoside : It is a molecule in which a sugar is bound to a

non-carbohydrate moiety, usually a small organic molecule.

 

Trichome : Tubular elongated out growth of the epidermal cells.

 

 

 

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