The reliability and integrity of traditional systems of medicine depend upon properly identified sample of drugs ready to use as therapeutic agents for safety reason of the consumers. Keeping this background in mind, basically a folklore drug also used in Unani Medicine and Ayurveda, the present study gives insight into the anatomical, pharmacognosy, histochemical and preliminary phytochemical analysis of the bark of Ficus Racemosa linn. The analyses were done according to WHO norms. Pharmacognostic parameters such as morphology, anatomy, macrometry, micrometry, physicochemical evaluation, preliminary phytochemical evaluation and fluorescence analysis of bark were carried out using standard methods. TLC of aqueous and methanol extracts of bark were also made. Detailed results have been shown in figures and tables. The study provided useful information which can effectively be used to ascertain the authenticity of the available sample of the drug.
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