Flos and Fruit Powder

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ARNICA FLOWER
Arnicae flos
DEFINITION
Whole or partially broken, dried flower-heads of Arnica montana L.
Content: minimum 0.40 per cent m/m of total sesquiterpene lactones, expressed as dihydrohelenalin
tiglate (dried drug).
CHARACTERS
Aromatic odour.
The capitulum, when spread out, is about 20 mm in diameter and about 15 mm deep, and has a peduncle
2-3 cm long. The involucre consists of 18-24 elongated lanceolate bracts, with acute apices, arranged in
1-2 rows: the bracts, about 8-10 mm long, are green with yellowish-green external hairs visible under a
lens. The receptacle, about 6 mm in diameter, is convex, alveolate and covered with hairs. Its periphery
bears about 20 ligulate florets 20-30 mm long; the disc bears a greater number of tubular florets about
15 mm long. The ovary, 4-8 mm long, is crowned by a pappus of whitish bristles 4-8 mm long. Some
brown achenes, crowned or not by a pappus, may be present.
IDENTIFICATION
A. The involucre consists of elongated oval bracts with acute apices; the margin is ciliated. The ligulate floret
has a reduced calyx crowned by fine, shiny, whitish bristles, bearing small coarse trichomes. The orange-
yellow corolla bears 7-10 parallel veins and ends in 3 small lobes. The stamens, with free anthers, are
incompletely developed. The narrow, brown ovary bears a stigma divided into 2 branches curving
outwards. The tubular floret is actinomorphic. The ovary and the calyx are similar to those of the ligulate
floret. The short corolla has 5 reflexed triangular lobes; the 5 fertile stamens are fused at the anthers.
B. Microscopic examination (2.8.23). Separate the capitulum into its different parts. Examine under a
microscope using chloral hydrate solution R. The powder shows the following diagnostic characters
(Figure 1391.-1): the epidermises of the bracts of the involucre [L, M, O, Q] have stomata [Lb, Oa, Qa]
and trichomes, more abundant on the outer (abaxial) surface. There are several different types of
trichomes: uniseriate multicellular covering trichomes, varying in length from 50-500 µm, particularly
abundant on the margins of the bract, whole [La] or fragmented [P]; secretory trichomes with uni- or
biseriate multicellular stalks and with multicellular, globular heads, about 300 µm long, abundant on the
outer surface of the bract [Qb]; secretory trichomes with multicellular stalks and with multicellular,
globular heads, about 80 µm long, abundant on the inner surface of the bract, in surface view [Ob] or in
side view [Ma]. The epidermis of the ligulate corolla [C, G, H, J] consists of lobed or elongated cells
covered by a striated cuticle [Ga], a few stomata and trichomes of different types: covering trichomes,
with very sharp ends, whose length may exceed 500 µm, consisting of 1-3 proximal, thick-walled cells
and 2-4 distal, thin-walled cells [C, Hb]; secretory trichomes with biseriate multicellular heads in surface
view [Gb] or in side view [Ja]; secretory trichomes with multicellular stalks and multicellular globular
heads [K]. The ligule ends in rounded papillose cells [Ha]. Fragments of the epidermis of the ovary [A, B,
D] are covered with trichomes of 2 types: secretory trichomes with short stalks and multicellular globular
heads, in surface view [Aa] or in side view [Da]; twinned covering trichomes usually consisting of
2 longitudinally united cells, with common pitted walls, in surface view [Ab] or in side view [Ba]; their
ends are sharp and sometimes bifid. The epidermises of the calyx consist of elongated cells bearing short,
unicellular, covering trichomes pointing towards the upper end of the bristle [E]. The pollen grains have a
diameter of about 30 µm, are rounded, with a spiny exine, and have 3 germinal pores [F, N].
C. Examine the chromatograms obtained in the test for Calendula officinalis L. - Heterotheca inuloides Cass.
Results: the chromatogram obtained with the test solution shows, in the middle, a fluorescent blue zone
corresponding to the zone due to chlorogenic acid in the chromatogram obtained with the reference
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solution; it shows, above this zone, 3 fluorescent yellowish-brown or orange-yellow zones, and above
these 3 zones a fluorescent greenish-yellow zone due to astragalin; the zone located below the astragalin
zone is due to isoquercitroside; the zone located just below this zone is due to luteolin-7-glucoside; it also
shows a fluorescent greenish-blue zone below the zone due to caffeic acid in the chromatogram obtained
with the reference solution.
Figure 1391.-1. – Illustration for identification test B of powdered herbal drug of arnica flower
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CALENDULA FLOWER
Calendulae flos
DEFINITION
Whole or cut, dried, and fully opened flowers that have been detached from the receptacle of the
cultivated, double-flowered varieties of Calendula officinalis L.
Content: minimum 0.4 per cent of flavonoids, expressed as hyperoside (C21H20O12; Mr 464.4) (dried
drug).
IDENTIFICATION
A. The ligulate florets consist of a yellow or orange-yellow ligule, about 3-5 mm wide and about 7 mm in the
middle part, with a 3-toothed apex and a hairy, partly sickle-shaped, yellowish-brown or orange-brown
tube with a projecting style and a bifid stigma occasionally with a partly bent yellowish-brown or
orange-brown ovary. The tubular florets, about 5 mm long, are present and consist of the yellow, orange-
red or reddish-violet 5-lobed corolla and the yellowish-brown or orange-brown tube, hairy in its lower
part, mostly with a partly bent yellowish-brown or orange-brown ovary.
B. Reduce to a powder (355) (2.9.12). The powder is yellowish-brown. Examine under a microscope using
chloral hydrate solution R. The powder shows the following diagnostic characters (Figure 1297.-1):
fragments of epidermises of the corolla [C, F, K] containing light yellow oil droplets, some with fairly
large anomocytic stomata (2.8.3) [Fa, Ka]; covering trichomes biseriate, multicellular and conical [G],
usually fragmented, and glandular trichomes with a multicellular stalk [E], very abundant on the base of
the corolla [D]; fragments of parenchyma of the corolla [B] containing prisms and very small cluster
crystals of calcium oxalate [Ba, Da] and small vessels [Bb]; spherical pollen grains up to about 40 µm in
diameter with a sharply spiny exine and 3 germinal pores [A, J]; occasional fragments of the stigmas
with short, bulbous papillae [H].
C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

Test solution. Mix 1.0 g of the powdered herbal drug (500) (2.9.12) and 10 mL of methanol R and heat on
a water-bath under a reflux condenser for 10 min. Cool and filter.
Reference solution. Dissolve 1.0 mg of caffeic acid R, 1.0 mg of chlorogenic acid R and 2.5 mg of rutin R
in 10 mL of methanol R.
Plate: TLC silica gel plate R.
Mobile phase: anhydrous formic acid R, water R, ethyl acetate R (10:10:80 V/V/V).
Application: 20 µL of the test solution and 10 µL of the reference solution, as bands.
Development: over a path of 10 cm.
Drying: at 100-105 °C.
Detection: spray the still-warm plate with a 10 g/L solution of diphenylboric acid aminoethyl ester R in
methanol R and then spray with a 50 g/L solution of macrogol 400 R in methanol R; allow to dry in air
for 30 min and examine in ultraviolet light at 365 nm.
Results: the chromatogram obtained with the reference solution shows in the lower part a yellowish-
brown fluorescent zone (rutin), in the middle part a light bluish fluorescent zone (chlorogenic acid) and in
the upper part a light bluish fluorescent zone (caffeic acid). The chromatogram obtained with the test
solution shows a yellowish-brown fluorescent zone corresponding in position to the zone due to rutin in
the chromatogram obtained with the reference solution, below and directly above it, it shows a yellowish-
green fluorescent zone and a light bluish fluorescent zone corresponding to the zone due to chlorogenic
acid in the chromatogram obtained with the reference solution, a yellowish-green fluorescent zone above
it and a light bluish fluorescent zone shortly below the zone due to caffeic acid in the chromatogram
obtained with the reference solution. Furthermore, other zones may be present in the chromatogram
obtained with the test solution.
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Figure 1297.-1. – Illustration for identification test B of powdered herbal drug of calendula flower
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HOP STROBILE
Lupuli flos
DEFINITION
Dried, generally whole, female inflorescence of Humulus lupulus L.
CHARACTERS
Characteristic, aromatic odour.
IDENTIFICATION
A. Hop strobiles are generally isolated and 2-5 cm long, petiolate, ovoid, made up of many oval, greenish-
yellow, sessile, membranous, overlapping bracts. The external bracts are flattened and symmetrical. The
internal bracts are longer and asymmetrical at the base because of a fold generally encircling an induviate
fruit (achene). The ovary or rarely the fruit, the base of the bracts and especially the induvial fold, are
covered with small orange-yellow glands.
B. Reduce to a powder (355) (2.9.12). The powder is greenish-yellow. Examine under a microscope using
fragments of bracts and bracteoles covered by polygonal, irregular or wavy-walled epidermal cells [D,
L, M]; unicellular, conical, straight or curved covering trichomes with thin, smooth walls, fragmented [E,
G] or attached to an epidermis [A]; rare anomocytic stomata (2.8.3) [K]; glandular trichomes, usually
free, with bicellular biseriate stalks and heads consisting of 8 small cells [H, N], rarely attached to an
epidermis [La]; fragments of mesophyll containing small calcium oxalate cluster crystals [J]; many
characteristic orange-yellow glandular trichomes with short, bicellular biseriate stalks, bearing a part
widening into a cup, 150-250 µm in diameter, made up of a hemispherical layer of secretory cells with a
cuticle that has been detached and distended by the accumulation of oleoresinous secretions, in surface
view [B] or in side view [C]; fragments of elongated sclerenchymatous cells of the testa with thick walls
showing striations and numerous pits [F].

Test solution. To 1.0 g of the freshly powdered herbal drug (355) (2.9.12) add 10 mL of a mixture of
3 volumes of water R and 7 volumes of methanol R; shake for 15 min and filter.
Reference solution. Dissolve 1.0 mg of Sudan orange R, 2.0 mg of curcumin R and 2.0 mg of
dimethylaminobenzaldehyde R in 20 mL of methanol R.
Plate: TLC silica gel F254 plate R.
Mobile phase: anhydrous acetic acid R, ethyl acetate R, cyclohexane R (2:38:60 V/V/V).
Application: 20 µL as bands.
Drying: in air.
Detection A: examine in ultraviolet light at 254 nm.
Results A: the chromatogram obtained with the reference solution shows 3 quenching zones; in the lower
quarter is the faint zone due to curcumin, somewhat below the middle is the zone due to
dimethylaminobenzaldehyde, and above, the zone due to Sudan orange. The chromatogram obtained with
the test solution shows a number of quenching zones similar in position to the zones in the chromatogram
obtained with the reference solution: at about the level of the zone due to curcumin is a faint zone due to
xanthohumol, near the level of the zone due to dimethylaminobenzaldehyde are zones due to humulones,
and near the level of the zone due to Sudan orange are zones due to lupulones.
Detection B: examine in ultraviolet light at 365 nm.
Results B: in the chromatogram obtained with the test solution the zones due to lupulones show blue
fluorescence, the zones due to humulones show brown fluorescence and the zone due to xanthohumol
shows dark brown fluorescence.
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Detection C: spray with dilute phosphomolybdotungstic reagent R; expose to ammonia vapour and
examine in daylight.
Results C: in the chromatogram obtained with the test solution the zones due to humulones and to
lupulones are bluish-grey and the zone due to xanthohumol is greenish-grey; in the chromatogram
obtained with the reference solution the zones are bluish-grey or brownish-grey.
Figure 1222.-1. – Illustration for identification test B of powdered herbal drug of hop strobile
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MALLOW FLOWER
Malvae sylvestris flos
DEFINITION
Whole or fragmented dried flower of Malva sylvestris L. or its cultivated varieties.
IDENTIFICATION
A. The flower consists of an epicalyx with 3 oblong or elliptical-lanceolate parts that are shorter than those
of the calyx and situated immediately below it; a calyx with 5 pubescent triangular lobes, gamosepalous
at the base; a corolla 3-4 times longer than the calyx with 5 wedge-shaped, notched petals fused to the
staminal tube at their base; numerous stamens, the filaments of which fuse into a staminal tube covered
by small star-shaped trichomes and occasional simple trichomes visible using a lens; numerous wrinkled
carpels, glabrous or sometimes pubescent, enclosed in the staminal tube and arranged into a circle around
a central style ending with numerous filiform stigmas. In cultivated varieties, the epicalyx is 3-7 partite,
the calyx 5-8 partite and the corolla 5-10 partite.
B. Reduce to a powder (355) (2.9.12). The powder is bluish-grey. Examine under a microscope using chloral
hydrate solution R. The powder shows the following diagnostic characters (Figure 1541.-1): unicellular,
thick-walled, flexuous covering trichomes, from the calyx and the epicalyx, up to 2 mm in length, whole
[L] or, most often, fragmented [Q]; fragments of the epidermis of the sepals in surface view [D, J] with
anomocytic stomata (2.8.3) [Dc]; club-shaped glandular trichomes with multicellular heads [Db] and
short unicellular covering trichomes, somewhat curved, either isolated [J] or in star-shaped groups of 2-6
[Da]; fragments of covering trichomes [N]; isolated glandular trichomes in surface view, [F]; or in
transverse section [G]; fragments of the mesophyll of the calyx and the epicalyx whose cells contain
small cluster crystals of calcium oxalate [K]; veins of the sepals [P] with vessels [Pa] accompanied by
cells with cluster crystals of calcium oxalate [Pb]; fragments of petal epidermis, with elongated cells and
sinuous margins, narrow in the wild plant [A], shorter and broader in the cultivated varieties [B], bearing
sessile glandular trichomes with multicellular club-shaped heads [Ba, C, E]; fragments of petal
mesophyll [H] consisting of large mucilage cells [Hc], sometimes cells with small cluster crystals of
calcium oxalate [Hb] and spiral vessels [Ha]; spherical pollen grains, about 150 µm in diameter, with a
roughly spiny exine [M].

Test solution. To 1 g of the powdered herbal drug (355) (2.9.12) add 10 mL of ethanol (60 per
cent V/V) R. Stir for 15 min and filter.
Reference solution. 0.5 g/L solution of quinaldine red R in ethanol (96 per cent) R.
Mobile phase: glacial acetic acid R, water R, butanol R (15:30:60 V/V/V).
Drying: in air.
Detection: examine in daylight.
Results: the chromatogram obtained with the reference solution shows an orange-red zone in the upper
part of the middle third ; the chromatogram obtained with the test solution shows, below the zone in the
chromatogram obtained with the reference solution, 2 violet zones in the middle third, with the principal
zone (6″-malonyl malvin) situated just below the other violet zone (malvin).
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Figure 1541.-1. – Illustration for identification test B of powdered herbal drug of mallow flower
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MULLEIN FLOWER
Verbasci flos
DEFINITION
Dried flower, reduced to the corolla and the androecium, of Verbascum thapsus L., V. densiflorum Bertol.
(V. thapsiforme Schrad), and V. phlomoides L.
IDENTIFICATION
A. The corolla of V. thapsus is pale yellow, yellow or brown, funnel-shaped, about 20 mm in diameter, with
5 slightly unequal and spreading lobes. The corolla lobes are densely hairy on the outer surface, glabrous
on the inner surface, with a fine network of light brown veins. There are 5 stamens, alternating with the
petal lobes; 2 of these are long, with glabrous filaments, the other 3 shorter, with densely tomentose
filaments. The anthers are attached transversely. In V. phlomoides the corolla is up to about 30 mm in
diameter, bright yellow or orange, and the anthers are obliquely attached to the filaments. The corolla of
V. densiflorum, about 30 mm in diameter, is almost flat and deeply divided into 5 slightly unequal lobes,
with rounded apices.
B. Reduce to a powder (355) (2.9.12). The powder is yellow or yellowish-brown. Examine under a
(Figure 1853.-1): many covering trichomes from the corolla, whole and fragmented, pluricellular, of the
candelabra type, with a central uniseriate axis from which whorls of branch cells arise at the position of
the cross walls and at the apex, in side view [A, B] or in surface view [F]; the covering trichomes from
the stamen filaments [G] are unicellular, long, thin-walled and tubular, have a distinctly granular or
striated surface with a sharp tip [Ga] or sometimes with a club-shaped tip [Gb, Gc]; numerous pollen
grains, ovoid with a finely granular exine with 3 pores [D]; fragments of the fibrous layer of the anther
with thickened walls giving a characteristic star-shaped appearance [C]; yellow fragments of the petals,
in surface view [E], the epidermal cells polygonal and isodiametric [Ea]; fragments of the underlying
mesophyll consisting of irregular parenchymatous cells [Eb] sometimes accompanied by spiral vessels
[Ec].

Test solution. Heat 1.0 g of the powdered herbal drug (355) (2.9.12) in 10 mL of methanol R in a water-
bath at 60 °C for 5 min, with stirring. Cool and filter.
Reference solution. Dissolve 1 mg of caffeic acid R, 2.5 mg of hyperoside R and 2.5 mg of rutin R in
methanol R and dilute to 10 mL with the same solvent.
Mobile phase: anhydrous formic acid R, water R, methyl ethyl ketone R, ethyl acetate R
(10:10:30:50 V/V/V/V).
Application: 10 µL of the reference solution and 30 µL of the test solution, as bands.
Detection: spray the warm plate with a 10 g/L solution of diphenylboric acid aminoethyl ester R in
methanol R, then with a 50 g/L solution of macrogol 400 R in methanol R; allow to dry in air for 30 min
and examine in ultraviolet light at 365 nm.
Results: see below the sequence of zones present in the chromatograms obtained with the reference
solution and the test solution. Furthermore, other faint zones may be present in the chromatogram
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A yellow or yellowish-green fluorescent zone
Caffeic acid: a greenish-blue fluorescent zone
A bluish fluorescent zone
A greenish fluorescent zone
A yellowish-green fluorescent zone
A bluish fluorescent zone
Hyperoside: a yellowish-brown fluorescent zone
Rutin: a yellowish-brown fluorescent zone
Reference solution Test solution
D. Boil 1.0 g of the powdered herbal drug (355) (2.9.12) with 15 mL of water R for 1 min. Filter. Add 1 mL
of hydrochloric acid R and boil for 1 min. A greenish-blue colour develops and, after a few minutes,
cloudiness appears and then a blackish precipitate (iridoids).
Figure 1853.-1. – Illustration for identification test B of powdered herbal drug of mullein flower
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CLOVE
Caryophylli flos
DEFINITION
Whole flower buds of Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. et L.M.Perry (syn. Eugenia caryophyllus
(Spreng.) Bullock et S.G.Harrison) dried until they become reddish-brown.
Content: minimum 150 mL/kg of essential oil.
CHARACTERS
Characteristic, aromatic odour.
IDENTIFICATION
A. The flower bud is reddish-brown and consists of a quadrangular stalked portion, the hypanthium, 10-
12 mm long and 2-3 mm in diameter, surmounted by 4 divergent lobes of sepals which surround a
globular head 4-6 mm in diameter. A bilocular ovary containing numerous ovules is situated in the upper
part of the hypanthium. The head is globular and dome-shaped, composed of 4 imbricated petals that
enclose numerous incurved stamens and a short, erect style with a nectary disc at the base. The
hypanthium exudes essential oil when indented with the finger-nail.
B. Reduce to a powder (355) (2.9.12). The powder is dark brown and has the odour and taste of the
unground drug. Examine under a microscope using chloral hydrate solution R. The powder shows the
following diagnostic characters: fragments of the hypanthium showing the epidermis and underlying
parenchyma containing large oil glands; short fibres occurring singly or in small groups, with thickened,
lignified walls and few pits; abundant fragments of parenchyma containing cluster crystals of calcium
oxalate; numerous triangular pollen grains about 15 µm in diameter with 3 pores in the angles. Starch
granules are absent.
Test solution. Shake 0.1 g of the powdered herbal drug (500) (2.9.12) with 2 mL of methylene chloride R
for 15 min. Filter and carefully evaporate the filtrate to dryness on a water-bath. Dissolve the residue in
2 mL of toluene R.
Reference solution. Dissolve 20 µL of eugenol R in 2 mL of toluene R.
Plate: TLC silica gel GF254 plate R.
Mobile phase: toluene R.
Application: 10 µL of the reference solution and 20 µL of the test solution, as bands of 20 mm by 3 mm.
Development: twice, in an unsaturated tank over a path of 10 cm; allow the plate to stand for 5 min
between the 2 developments.
Drying: in air.
Detection A: examine in ultraviolet light at 254 nm and mark the quenching zones.
Results A: in the chromatogram obtained with the test solution there is in the median part a quenching
zone due to eugenol similar in position to the quenching zone in the chromatogram obtained with the
reference solution and there may be a weak quenching zone due to acetyleugenol just below the zone due
to eugenol.
Detection B: spray with anisaldehyde solution R using 10 mL for a plate 200 mm square and heat at 100-
105 °C for 5-10 min. Examine in daylight.
Results B: the zones due to eugenol in the chromatograms obtained with the test and reference solutions
are strong brownish-violet and the zone due to acetyleugenol in the chromatogram obtained with the test
solution is faint violet-blue. In the chromatogram obtained with the test solution there are other coloured
zones, particularly a faint red zone in the lower part and a reddish-violet zone due to caryophyllene in the
upper part.
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ELDER FLOWER
Sambuci flos
DEFINITION
Dried flowers of Sambucus nigra L.
Content: minimum 0.80 per cent of flavonoids, expressed as isoquercitroside (C21H20O12; Mr 464.4) (dried
drug).
IDENTIFICATION
A. The flower, about 5 mm in diameter, has 3 small bracts, visible under a lens, and may have a peduncle.
The 5-toothed calyx is small; the corolla is light yellow, with 5 broadly oval petals fused at their bases
into a tube. The filaments of the 5 yellow stamens alternate with the petals. The corolla is often isolated
or attached to the stamens, to which it is fused at the base. The ovary is inferior and it bears a short style
with 3 obtuse stigmata.
B. Microscopic examination (2.8.23). The powder is greenish-yellow. Examine under a microscope using
numerous spherical, sometimes ellipsoidal, pollen grains about 30 µm in diameter, with 3 germinal pores
and very finely pitted exine [G]; cells of the lower epidermis of the sepals often containing oil globules
and covered by a striated cuticle in surface view [A]; rare fragments of the rim of the sepals showing
unicellular marginal teeth, in transverse section [E]; petal fragments with numerous small globules of
essential oil [H]; fragments of upper epidermis of the sepals [B] or petals [F], in surface view, with
slightly and irregularly thickened walls [Ba, Fa], anomocytic stomata (2.8.3) [Bb, Fb] and a striated
cuticle; mesophyll cells of petals and sepals with idioblasts containing numerous microsphenoid crystals
of calcium oxalate [Bc]; fragments of anthers in transverse section [C] and in surface view [D], showing
the outer layer [Ca] and the cells of the fibrous layer [Cb, Cc, D].

Test solution. To 0.5 g of the powdered herbal drug (355) (2.9.12) add 5 mL of methanol R and sonicate
for 10 min. Centrifuge for 5 min.
Reference solution. Dissolve 1 mg of caffeic acid R, 1 mg of chlorogenic acid R, 2.5 mg of hyperoside R
and 2.5 mg of rutin R in 10 mL of methanol R.
Plate: TLC silica gel plate R (2-10 µm).
(10:10:30:50 V/V/V/V).
Application: 4 µL as bands of 8 mm.
Drying: in air.
Detection: heat the plate for 5 min at 100 °C and treat with a 1 g/L solution of diphenylboric acid
aminoethyl ester R in ethyl acetate R, then treat with a 5 g/L solution of macrogol 400 R in methylene
chloride R; allow to dry in air for 30 min. Examine in daylight (results A) and in ultraviolet light at
365 nm (results B).
Results A: see below the sequence of zones present in the chromatograms obtained with the reference
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An orange zone
Hyperoside: a dark yellow zone
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Rutin: a dark yellow zone A dark yellow zone
Results B: see below the sequence of zones present in the chromatograms obtained with the reference
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Caffeic acid: a blue fluorescent zone
An intense, light blue fluorescent zone
2 light blue fluorescent zones
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An orange fluorescent zone
Hyperoside: an orange fluorescent zone
Chlorogenic acid: a light blue fluorescent zone An intense, light blue fluorescent zone
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Rutin: an orange fluorescent zone An orange fluorescent zone
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Figure 1217.-1. – Illustration for identification B of powdered herbal drug of elder flower
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HAWTHORN LEAF AND FLOWER
Crataegi folium cum flore
DEFINITION
Whole or cut, dried flower-bearing branches of Crataegus monogyna Jacq. (Lindm.), C. laevigata (Poir.)
DC. (syn. C. oxyacanthoides Thuill.; C. oxyacantha auct.) or their hybrids or, more rarely, other European
Crataegus species including C. pentagyna Waldst. et Kit. ex Willd., C. nigra Waldst. et Kit. and
C. azarolus L.
Content: minimum 1.5 per cent of total flavonoids, expressed as hyperoside (C21H20O12; Mr 464.4) (dried
drug).
IDENTIFICATION
A. The stems are dark brown, woody, 1-2.5 mm in diameter, bearing alternate, petiolate leaves with small,
often deciduous stipules and corymbs of numerous small white flowers. The leaves are more or less
deeply lobed with slightly serrate or almost entire margins; those of C. laevigata are pinnately lobed or
pinnatifid with 3, 5 or 7 obtuse lobes, those of C. monogyna pinnatisect with 3 or 5 acute lobes; the
adaxial surface is dark green or brownish-green, the abaxial surface is lighter greyish-green and shows a
prominent, dense, reticulate venation. The leaves of C. laevigata, C. monogyna and C. pentagyna are
glabrous or bear only isolated trichomes, those of C. azarolus and C. nigra are densely pubescent. The
flowers have a brownish-green tubular calyx composed of 5 free, reflexed sepals, a corolla composed of
5 free, yellowish-white or brownish, rounded or broadly ovate and shortly unguiculate petals and
numerous stamens. The ovary is fused to the calyx and consists of 1-5 carpels, each with a long style and
containing a single ovule; in C. monogyna there is 1 carpel, in C. laevigata 2 or 3, in C. azarolus 2 or 3,
or sometimes only 1, in C. pentagyna 5 or, rarely, 4.
B. Reduce to a powder (355) (2.9.12). The powder is yellowish-green. Examine under a microscope using
chloral hydrate solution R. The powder shows the following diagnostic characters: unicellular covering
trichomes, usually with a thick wall and wide lumen, almost straight or slightly curved, pitted at the base;
fragments of leaf epidermis with cells which have sinuous or polygonal anticlinal walls and with large
anomocytic stomata (2.8.3) surrounded by 4-7 subsidiary cells; parenchymatous cells of the mesophyll
containing calcium oxalate clusters, usually measuring 10-20 µm, those associated with the veins
containing groups of small prism crystals; fragments of petals showing rounded polygonal epidermal
cells, strongly papillose, with thick walls, the cuticle of which clearly shows wavy striations; fragments
of anthers showing endothecium with an arched and regularly thickened margin; fragments of stems
containing collenchymatous cells, bordered pitted vessels and groups of lignified sclerenchymatous
fibres with narrow lumina; numerous spherical to elliptical or triangular pollen grains up to 45 µm in
diameter, with 3 germinal pores and a faintly granular exine.

Test solution. To 1.0 g of the powdered herbal drug (355) (2.9.12) add 10 mL of methanol R and heat in a
water-bath at 65 °C under a reflux condenser for 5 min. Cool and filter.
Reference solution. Dissolve 1.0 mg of chlorogenic acid R and 2.5 mg of hyperoside R in 10 mL of
methanol R.
(10:10:30:50 V/V/V/V).
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Detection: spray the still-warm plate with a 10 g/L solution of diphenylboric acid aminoethyl ester R in
methanol R, then spray with a 50 g/L solution of macrogol 400 R in methanol R; allow to dry in air for
about 30 min and examine in ultraviolet light at 365 nm.
solution and the test solution. Furthermore, other fluorescent zones may be present in the chromatogram
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A yellowish-green fluorescent zone (vitexin)
Hyperoside: a yellowish-orange fluorescent zone A yellowish-orange fluorescent zone (hyperoside)
Chlorogenic acid: a light blue fluorescent zone A light blue fluorescent zone (chlorogenic acid)
A yellowish-green fluorescent zone (vitexin-2″-
rhamnoside)
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LAVENDER FLOWER
Lavandulae flos
DEFINITION
Dried flower of Lavandula angustifolia Mill. (L. officinalis Chaix).
Content: minimum 13 mL/kg of essential oil (anhydrous drug).
CHARACTERS
Strongly aromatic odour.
IDENTIFICATION
First identification: A, B, D.
Second identification: A, B, C.
A. The flower has a short peduncle and consists of a bluish-grey tubular calyx divided distally into 4 very
short teeth and a small rounded lobe, a blue bilabial corolla with the upper lip bifid and the lower lip
trilobate and 4 didynamous stamens with ovoid anthers.
B. Microscopic examination (2.8.23). The powder is bluish-grey. Examine under a microscope using chloral
hydrate solution R. The powder shows the following diagnostic characters (Figure 1534.-1): covering
trichomes bifurcating at one or more levels [C, L]; secretory trichomes with short stalks and 8-celled
heads of the Lamiaceae type in side view [H], in surface view [M]; glandular trichomes with
unicellular [O] or multicellular [K] stalks and unicellular heads; glandular trichomes with long uneven
stalks and unicellular heads, separated from the stalk by an intermediary cell with a smooth cuticle,
certain trichomes show a crown of small spheroid protuberances just below the insertion point of the
intermediary cell on the stalk [G]; fragments of papillose epidermis from the inner surface of the petals,
in surface view [J], in side view [P]; fragments of calyx epidermis with sinuous-walled cells and
containing prismatic crystals of calcium oxalate [Q]; spherical pollen grains which have a diameter of
about 45 µm and an exine with 6 slit-like germinal pores and 6 ribbon-like groins radiating from the
poles [A, D, E, F]; rare fragments of leaf epidermis with stomata, mostly of the diacytic type (2.8.3) [B];
fragments of vascular tissue with spiral vessels included in parenchyma with some cells containing small
calcium oxalate cluster crystals [N].

Test solution. To 0.5 g of the powdered herbal drug (355) (2.9.12) add 5 mL of hexane R, shake for 5 min
and filter.
Reference solution. Dissolve 10 µL of linalol R and 10 µL of linalyl acetate R in 5 mL of hexane R.
Mobile phase: ethyl acetate R, toluene R (5:95 V/V).
Drying: in air.
Detection: spray with anisaldehyde solution R. Heat at 100-105 °C for 5-10 min and examine in daylight.
Results: the chromatogram obtained with the reference solution shows in the lower third a greyish-blue
zone (linalol) and in the middle third a greyish-blue zone (linalyl acetate). The chromatogram obtained
with the test solution shows the zones due to linalol and linalyl acetate and in the middle, between these
zones, a redish-violet zone (epoxydihydrocaryophyllene). Further zones are also present.
D. Examine the chromatograms obtained in the test for other species and varieties of lavander.
Results: the 5 principal peaks in the chromatogram obtained with the reference solution are similar in
retention time to the corresponding peaks in the chromatogram obtained with the test solution. Among
them are mainly linalol and linalyl acetate peaks.
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Figure 1534.-1. – Illustration for identification test B of powdered herbal drug of lavender flower
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LIME FLOWER
Tiliae flos
DEFINITION
Whole, dried inflorescence of Tilia cordata Miller, of Tilia platyphyllos Scop., of Tilia ×vulgaris Heyne
or a mixture of these.
CHARACTERS
Faint aromatic odour.
Faint, sweet and mucilaginous taste.
IDENTIFICATION
A. The inflorescence is yellowish-green. The main axis of the inflorescence bears a linguiform bract,
membranous, yellowish-green, practically glabrous, the central vein of which is joined for up to about
half of its length with the peduncle. The inflorescence usually consists of 2-7 flowers, occasionally up to
16. The sepals are detached easily from the perianth; they are up to 6 mm long, their abaxial surface is
usually glabrous, their adaxial surface and their borders are strongly pubescent. The 5 spatulate, thin
petals are yellowish-white, up to 8 mm long. They show fine venation and their borders only are
sometimes covered with isolated trichomes. The numerous stamens are free and usually constitute 5
groups. The superior ovary has a pistil with a somewhat 5-lobate stigma.
B. Separate the inflorescence into its different parts. Examine under a microscope using chloral hydrate
solution R. The adaxial epidermis of the bract shows cells with straight or slightly sinuous anticlinal
walls; the abaxial epidermis shows cells with wavy-sinuous anticlinal walls and anomocytic stomata
(2.8.3). Isolated cells in the mesophyll contain small calcium oxalate cluster crystals. The parenchyma of
the sepals shows, particularly near the veins, numerous mucilaginous cells and cells containing small
calcium oxalate clusters. The adaxial epidermis of sepals bears bent, thick-walled covering trichomes,
unicellular or stellate with up to 5 cells. The epidermal cells of the petals show straight anticlinal walls
with a striated cuticle without stomata. The parenchyma of the petals shows small calcium oxalate
clusters and especially in its acuminate part mucilaginous cells. The pollen grains have a diameter of
about 30-40 µm and are oval or slightly triangular with 3 germinal pores and a finely granulated exine.
The ovary is glabrous or densely covered with trichomes, often very twisted, unicellular or stellate with
2-4 branches.

Test solution. Shake 1.0 g of the powdered herbal drug (355) (2.9.12) with 10 mL of methanol R in a
water-bath at 65 °C for 5 min. Allow to cool and filter.
Reference solution. Dissolve 2.0 mg of caffeic acid R, 5 mg of hyperoside R and 5 mg of rutin R in
10 mL of methanol R.
Mobile phase: anhydrous formic acid R, water R, methyl ethyl ketone R, ethyl acetate R (10:10:30:50
V/V/V/V).
Application: 10 µL, as bands.
methanol R. Then spray with a 50 g/L solution of macrogol 400 R in methanol R. Allow to dry for about
30 min and examine in ultraviolet light at 365 nm.
Results: the chromatogram obtained with the reference solution shows in order of increasing RF value
yellowish-orange or brownish-orange fluorescent zones due to rutin and hyperoside and a greenish-blue
fluorescent zone due to caffeic acid. In the chromatogram obtained with the test solution, the main zone
shows brownish-yellow or orange fluorescence. This zone is situated just above the zone due to
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hyperoside in the chromatogram obtained with the reference solution. In daylight, this zone stands out
from the other zones as the main zone. At the RF level of rutin there is also a brownish-yellow fluorescent
zone. Below this zone, 2 yellow fluorescent zones may be present. Between the zones due to rutin and
hyperoside, orange and yellow fluorescent zones are visible. Between the zones due to hyperoside and
caffeic acid, up to 5 yellow or orange fluorescent zones are present. Immediately below the zone due to
caffeic acid is a a blue fluorescent zone.
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MATRICARIA FLOWER
Matricariae Flos
DEFINITION
Dried capitula of Matricaria recutita L. (Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert).
Content:
– blue essential oil: minimum 4 mL/kg (dried drug);
– total apigenin 7-glucoside (C21H20O10): minimum 0.25 per cent (dried drug).
IDENTIFICATION
A. Capitula, when spread out, consisting of an involucre made up of many bracts arranged in 1-3 rows; an
elongated-conical receptacle, occasionally hemispherical (young capitula); 12-20 marginal ligulate
florets with a white ligule; several dozen yellow central tubular florets. The involucre bracts are ovate or
lanceolate, with a brownish-grey scarious margin. The receptacle is hollow, without paleae. The corolla
of the ligulate florets has a brownish-yellow tube at the base extending to form a white, elongated-oval
ligule. The inferior ovary is dark brown, ovoid or spherical, and has a long style and bifid stigma. The
tubular florets are yellow and have a five-toothed corolla tube, 5 syngenesious, epipetalous stamens and a
gynoecium similar to that of the ligulate florets.
B. Separate the capitulum into its different parts. Examine under a microscope using chloral hydrate
solution R. The bracts have a margin composed of thin-walled cells and a central region composed of
elongated sclereids with occasional stomata (2.8.3). The inner epidermis of the corolla of the ligulate
florets, in surface view, consisting of thin-walled, polygonal cells, slightly papillose, those of the outer
epidermis markedly sinuous and strongly striated; corolla of the tubular florets with longitudinally
elongated epidermal cells, and with small groups of papillae near the apex of the lobes. Glandular
trichomes each consisting of a short stalk and a head of 2-3 tiers of 2 cells each occur on the outer
surfaces of the bracts and on the corollas of both types of florets. The ovaries have a sclerous ring at the
base and the wall is composed of vertical bands of thin-walled, longitudinally elongated cells with
numerous glandular trichomes, alternating with fusiform groups of small, radially elongated cells
containing mucilage. The cells at the apex of the stigmas are extended to form rounded papillae.
Numerous small, cluster crystals of calcium oxalate occur in the inner tissues of the ovaries and the
anther lobes. Pollen grains spherical to triangular, about 30 µm in diameter with 3 pores and a spiny
exine.

Test solution. Dilute 50 µL of essential oil obtained in the assay of essential oil in 1 mL of xylene R.
Reference solution. Dissolve 2 µL of chamazulene R, 5 µL of (−)-α-bisabolol R and 10 mg of bornyl
acetate R in 5 mL of toluene R.
Application: 10 µL, as bands.
Drying: in air.
Detection: spray with anisaldehyde solution R and heat at 100-105 °C for 5-10 min. Examine
immediately in daylight.
solution and the test solution. Furthermore, other zones are present in the chromatogram obtained with the
test solution.
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1 or 2 blue or bluish-violet zones
Chamazulene: a red or reddish-violet zone A red or reddish-violet zone (chamazulene)
_______ _______
Bornyl acetate: a yellowish-brown zone
A brown zone (en-yne-dicycloether)
_______ _______
(−)-α-Bisabolol: a reddish-violet or bluish-violet A reddish-violet or bluish-violet zone ((−)-α-
zone bisabolol)
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PASSION FLOWER
Passiflorae herba
DEFINITION
Fragmented or cut, dried aerial parts of Passiflora incarnata L. It may also contain flowers and/or fruits.
Content: minimum 1.5 per cent of total flavonoids, expressed as vitexin (C21H20O10; Mr 432.4) (dried
drug).
IDENTIFICATION
A. The green or greenish-grey or brownish stem is ligneous, hollow, longitudinally striated, glabrous or very
slightly pubescent, with a diameter that is generally less than 8 mm. The green or greenish-brown leaves
are alternate, finely dentate and pubescent, deeply divided into 3 acute lobes of which the central lobe is
the largest. The midrib is much more prominent on the lower surface. The petiole is pubescent and bears
2 dark nectaries near the lamina. The tendrils are very numerous and grow from the axils of the leaves;
they are fine, smooth, round and terminated in cylindrical spirals. The radiate flowers, if present, have 3
small bracts and a corolla consisting of 5 white, elongated petals with several rows of filiform, petaloid
appendices. If present, the greenish or brownish fruit is flattened and oval; it contains several flattened,
brownish-yellow, pitted seeds.
B. Reduce to a powder (355) (2.9.12). The powder is light green. Examine under a microscope using chloral
hydrate solution R. The powder shows the following diagnostic characters: fragments of the leaf
epidermis with sinuous walls and anomocytic stomata (2.8.3); numerous cluster crystals of calcium
oxalate isolated or aligned along the veins; many isolated or grouped fibres from the stems associated
with pitted vessels and tracheids; uniseriate trichomes with 1-3 thin-walled cells, straight or slightly
curved, ending in a point or sometimes a hook. In addition, the powder shows, if flowers are present,
papillose epidermises of the petals and appendages and pollen grains with a reticulate exine; and if
mature fruits are present, scattered brown tannin cells and brownish-yellow, pitted fragments of the testa.
C. Examine the chromatograms obtained in the test for other species of Passiflora.
Results: the chromatogram obtained with the test solution shows below the zone due to rutin in the
chromatogram obtained with the reference solution a zone of intense yellow fluorescence, above it a zone
of green fluorescence (diglycosylflavone), below the zone due to hyperoside in the chromatogram
obtained with the reference solution a zone of yellow fluorescence (iso-orientin) and above a zone of
green fluorescence (isovitexin), above the zone due to hyperoside in the chromatogram obtained with the
reference solution a zone of brownish-yellow fluorescence (orientin) and above it a zone of green
fluorescence (vitexin). These latter 2 zones may be absent. Further zones may be present.
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ROSELLE
Hibisci sabdariffae flos
DEFINITION
Whole or cut dried calyces and epicalyces of Hibiscus sabdariffa L. collected during fruiting.
Content: minimum 13.5 per cent of acids, expressed as citric acid (C6H8O7; Mr 192.1) (dried drug).
CHARACTERS
Acidic taste.
IDENTIFICATION
A. The calyx is joined in the lower half to form an urceolate structure, the upper half dividing to form 5 long
acuminate recurved tips. The tips have a prominent, slightly protruding midrib and a large, thick nectary
gland about 1 mm in diameter. The epicalyx consists of 8-12 small, obovate leaflets, which are adnate to
the base of the calyx. The calyx and epicalyx are fleshy, dry, easily fragmented and bright red or deep
purple, somewhat lighter at the base of the inner side.
B. Microscopic examination (2.8.23). The powder is red or violet-red. Examine under a microscope using
predominantly red fragments [A, F] consisting of polygonal epidermal cells with very irregularly
thickened walls, in surface view [Ac, Fa], some containing cluster crystals of calcium oxalate [Fb], with
underlying parenchyma consisting of ovoid cells with slightly thickened walls [Aa], some containing
cluster crystals of calcium oxalate [Ab] whilst others are filled with mucilage, unicellular, long, flexuous,
twisted covering trichomes [Ad], rigid, straight, unicellular covering trichomes, simple or in groups of 2-
4 [Fd], glandular trichomes with a unicellular stalk and a globular or oval, multicellular and biseriate
head [Fe] and stomata usually of the anisocytic type (2.8.3) [Fc]; numerous fragments of vascular
bundles [D] with spiral or reticulate vessels [Da], sometimes accompanied by sclerenchymatous fibres
with a wide lumen [Db], and parenchyma [Dc], of which some cells contain cluster crystals of calcium
oxalate [Dd], whilst others are mucilage-filled [De]; rare, rectangular, parenchymatous sclereids [H];
numerous fragments of rigid [C, G] or flexuous [J] covering trichomes; free cluster crystals of calcium
oxalate [B] and glandular trichomes [E]; exceptionally, spherical pollen grains, about 200 µm in
diameter, with a spiny exine.

Test solution. To 1 g of the powdered herbal drug (355) (2.9.12) add 10 mL of ethanol (60 per
cent V/V) R. Shake for 15 min and filter.
Reference solution. Dissolve 2.5 mg of quinaldine red R and 2.5 mg of sulfan blue R in 10 mL of
methanol R.
Plate: TLC silica gel plate R (5-40 µm) [or TLC silica gel plate R (2-10 µm)].
Mobile phase: anhydrous formic acid R, water R, butanol R (10:12:40 V/V/V).
Application: 5 µL [or 2 µL] as bands of 10 mm [or 8 mm].
Development: over a path of 10 cm [or 6 cm].
Drying: in air.
Detection: examine immediately in daylight.
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_______ _______
Quinaldine red: an orange-red zone
An intense violet zone
Sulfan blue: a blue zone
An intense violet-blue zone
_______ _______
Figure 1623.-1. – Illustration for identification test B of powdered herbal drug of roselle
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FRUCTUS
BITTER-ORANGE EPICARP AND MESOCARP
Aurantii amari epicarpium et mesocarpium
DEFINITION
Dried epicarp and mesocarp of the ripe fruit of Citrus aurantium L. ssp. aurantium (C. aurantium L. ssp.
amara Engl.) partly freed from the white spongy tissue of the mesocarp and endocarp.
IDENTIFICATION
A. The herbal drug consists of elliptical or irregular pieces 5-8 cm long, 3-5 cm broad and about 3 mm
thick. The outer surface is yellowish or reddish-brown and distinctly punctate, the inner surface is
yellowish or brownish-white.
B. Microscopic examination (2.8.23). The powder is light brown. Examine under a microscope using
fragments of epicarp (surface view [B]) composed of small polygonal cells with slightly thickened
anticlinal walls, filled with chromatophores and some anomocytic stomata (2.8.3); fragments of
epicarp showing the thickened cuticle (side view [N]); fragments of pericarp (transverse section [A])
showing the cuticularised epicarp [Aa], the sub-epicarpal layers with cells with collenchymatous
thickening [Ab], some of which contain a prism of calcium oxalate [Ac], and fragments of
schizolysigenous oil glands [Ad]; fragments of the collenchymatous sub-epicarpal layers (surface
view [G]); groups of parenchyma cells [L], some of which contain a prism of calcium oxalate [C];
numerous fragments of mesocarp [D, E, F, H, K, M]; free prisms of calcium oxalate [J]. Examine
under a microscope using a 20 g/L solution of potassium hydroxide R. The mounting medium
becomes yellow due to the presence of hesperidin in the herbal drug.

Test solution. To 1.0 g of the powdered herbal drug (710) (2.9.12) add 10 mL of methanol R and heat in a
water-bath at 65 °C for 5 min with shaking. Allow to cool and filter.
Reference solution. Dissolve 1.0 mg of naringin R and 1.0 mg of caffeic acid R in 1 mL of methanol R.
Mobile phase: water R, anhydrous formic acid R, ethyl acetate R (10:15:75 V/V/V).
Drying: in air, then in an oven at 110-120 °C for 5 min.
methanol R and then with a 50 g/L solution of macrogol 400 R in methanol R. After at least 1 h, examine
in ultraviolet light at 365 nm.
solution and the test solution. Furthermore, other fluorescent zones are present in the chromatogram
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A light blue fluorescent zone
Caffeic acid: a light blue fluorescent zone
Naringin: a dark green fluorescent zone A dark green fluorescent zone (naringin)
A red fluorescent zone (neoeriocitrin)
An orange fluorescent zone
Figure 1603.-1. – Illustration for identification test B of powdered herbal drug of bitter-orange epicarp
and mesocarp
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CAPSICUM
Capsici fructus
DEFINITION
Dried ripe fruits of Capsicum annuum L. var. minimum (Miller) Heiser and small-fruited varieties of
Capsicum frutescens L.
Content: minimum 0.4 per cent of total capsaicinoids, expressed as capsaicin (C18H27NO3; Mr 305.4)
(dried drug).
CHARACTERS
Extremely pungent taste.
IDENTIFICATION
A. The fruit is yellowish-orange or reddish-brown, oblong conical with an obtuse apex, about 1-3 cm long
and up to 1 cm in diameter at the widest part, occasionally attached to a 5-toothed inferior calyx and a
straight peduncle. Pericarp somewhat shrivelled, glabrous, enclosing about 10-20 flat, reniform seeds 3-
4 mm long, either loose or attached to a reddish dissepiment.
B. Microscopic examination (2.8.23).◀ The powder is orange. Examine under a microscope using chloral
hydrate solution R. The powder shows the following diagnostic characters (Figure 1859.-1): fragments of
the epicarp, in surface view, with cells often arranged in rows of 5 to 7 [E], thick-walled when close to
the peduncle [B] and with a cuticle uniformly striated [A]; fragments of the pericarp, in transverse
section [D], showing the epicarp covered by a thick cuticle [Da] and parenchymatous cells frequently
containing droplets of red oil, occasionally containing microsphenoidal crystals of calcium oxalate [Db];
fragments of endocarp [C] with characteristic island groups of sclerenchymatous cells [Ca], the groups
being separated by thin-walled parenchymatous cells [Cb]; fragments of the seeds having an episperm
composed of large, greenish-yellow, sinuous-walled sclereids with thin outer walls and strongly and
unevenly thickened radial and inner walls which are conspicuously pitted [G]; endosperm
parenchymatous cells with drops of oil and aleurone grains, 3-6 µm in diameter [H]; occasional
fragments from the calyx having an outer epidermis with anisocytic stomata (2.8.3) [J], an inner
epidermis with no stomata and many glandular trichomes with uniseriate stalks and multicellular heads
[N], and a mesophyll [L] with many idioblasts containing prisms of calcium oxalate [La] or
microsphenoidal crystals of calcium oxalate [Lb]; prisms [K] or clusters [M] of calcium oxalate, isolated;
annularly and spirally thickened vessels [F].

Test solution. To 0.50 g of the powdered herbal drug (500) (2.9.12) add 5.0 mL of ether R, shake for
5 min and filter.
Reference solution. Dissolve 2 mg of capsaicin R and 2 mg of dihydrocapsaicin R in 5.0 mL of ether R.
Plate: TLC octadecylsilyl silica gel plate R.
Mobile phase: water R, methanol R (20:80 V/V).
Drying: in air.
Detection: ▶ treat◀ with a 5 g/L solution of dichloroquinonechlorimide R in methanol R, and expose to
ammonia vapour until blue zones appear. Examine in daylight.
solution and the test solution. Furthermore, other zones may be present in the chromatogram obtained
with the test solution.
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_______ _______
Capsaicin: a blue zone A blue zone (capsaicin)
Dihydrocapsaicin: a blue zone A blue zone (dihydrocapsaicin)
_______ _______
Figure 1859.-1. – Illustration for identification test B of powdered herbal drug of capsicum
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MILK THISTLE FRUIT
Silybi mariani fructus
DEFINITION
Mature fruit, devoid of the pappus, of Silybum marianum L. Gaertner.
Content: minimum 1.5 per cent of silymarin, expressed as silibinin (C25H22O10; Mr 482.4) (dried drug).
CHARACTERS
No rancid odour.
IDENTIFICATION
A. The achene is strongly compressed, elongate-obovate, about 6-8 mm long, 3 mm broad and 1.5 mm thick;
the outer surface is smooth and shiny with a grey or pale brown ground colour variably streaked dark
brown longitudinally to give an overall pale greyish or brown colour; the fruit is tapering at the base and
crowned at the apex with a glistening, pale yellow extension forming a collar about 1 mm high
surrounding the remains of the style. Cut transversely, the fruit shows a narrow, brown outer area and 2
large, dense, white oily cotyledons.
B. Microscopic examination (2.8.23). The powder is brownish-yellow with darker specks. Examine under a
microscope using chloral hydrate solution R. The powder shows the following diagnostic characters:
fragments of the epicarp composed of colourless cells, polygonal in surface view, the lumen appearing
fairly large or as a small slit, depending on the orientation; groups of parenchymatous cells from the
pigment layer, some of them containing colouring matter which appears bright red; very abundant groups
of large sclereids from the testa with bright yellow pitted walls and a narrow lumen; occasionally
fragments of small-celled parenchyma with pitted and beaded walls; abundant thin-walled
parenchymatous cells from the cotyledons containing oil globules and scattered cluster crystals of
calcium oxalate; a few larger, prismatic crystals of calcium oxalate.

Test solution. To 1.0 g of the powdered herbal drug (500) (2.9.12) add 10 mL of methanol R. Heat under
reflux in a water-bath at 70 °C for 5 min. Cool and filter. Evaporate the filtrate to dryness and dissolve the
residue in 1.0 mL of methanol R.
Reference solution. Dissolve 2 mg of silibinin R and 5 mg of taxifolin R in 10 mL of methanol R.
Mobile phase: anhydrous formic acid R, acetone R, methylene chloride R (8.5:16.5:75 V/V/V).
Detection:▶ treat the still-◀ warm plate with a 10 g/L solution of diphenylboric acid aminoethyl ester R in
methanol R and subsequently▶ treat◀ with a 50 g/L solution of macrogol 400 R in methanol R. Allow to
dry for 30 min and examine in ultraviolet light at 365 nm.
solution and the test solution. Furthermore, other orange and yellowish-green fluorescent zones are
present between the zones due to silibinin and taxifolin in the chromatogram obtained with the test
solution.
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Silibinin: a yellowish-green fluorescent zone A yellowish-green fluorescent zone (silibinin)
_______ _______
Taxifolin: an orange fluorescent zone An orange fluorescent zone (taxifolin)
A yellowish-green fluorescent zone (silicristin)
_______ _______
A light blue fluorescent zone (line of application)
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ANISEED
Anisi fructus
DEFINITION
Whole, dry cremocarp of Pimpinella anisum L.
CHARACTERS
Reminiscent odor of anethole.
The fruit is a cremocarp and generally entire; a small fragment of the thin, rigid, slightly curved pedicel is
frequently attached.
IDENTIFICATION
A. The cremocarp is ovoid or pyriform and slightly compressed laterally, yellowish-green or greenish-grey,
3-5 mm long and up to 3 mm wide, surmounted by a stylopod with 2 short, reflexed stylar points. The
mericarps are attached by their tops to the carpophore with a plane commissural surface and a convex
dorsal surface, the latter being covered with short, warty trichomes visible using a lens; each mericarp
shows 5 primary ridges, running longitudinally, comprising 3 dorsal ridges and 2 lateral ridges, non-
prominent, and lighter in color.
B. Microscopic examination (2.8.23). The powder is greenish-yellow or brownish-green. Examine under a

(Figure 0262.-1): fragments of epicarp in surface view [D] with a striated cuticle, occasional anomocytic
stomata (2.8.3) [Da], bases of covering trichomes [Dc] and whole covering trichomes [Db], mostly
unicellular, sometimes curved, with a blunt apex and a warty cuticle; isolated fragments of covering
trichomes [E]; fragments [H] of numerous narrow, branched vittae [Ha], often accompanied by elongated
cells of the commissural surface [Hb]; fragments of testa [B] consisting of a layer of brown, polyhedral,
thin-walled cells; fragments of endosperm [G] containing oil droplets [Ga], aleurone grains and small
cluster crystals of calcium oxalate [Gb]; oblong sclereids from the mesocarp [C] or the commissural
surface of the fruit; bundles of short sclerenchymatous fibres [A] from the carpophore and the
pedicel [Ab], accompanied by vessels with spiral or annular thickening [Aa, F].

Test solution. Shake 0.10 g of the powdered herbal drug (1400) (2.9.12) with 2 mL of methylene
chloride R for 15 min. Filter and carefully evaporate the filtrate to dryness on a water-bath at 60 °C.
Dissolve the residue in 0.5 mL of toluene R.
Reference solution. Dissolve 3 µL of anethole R and 40 µL of olive oil R in 1 mL of toluene R.
Mobile phase: toluene R.
Application: 2 µL and 3 µL of the test solution, then 1 µL, 2 µL and 3 µL of the reference solution, at
2 cm intervals.
Drying: in air.
Results A: the chromatograms show a quenching zone (anethole) in the central part against a light
background.
Detection B: spray with a freshly prepared 200 g/L solution of phosphomolybdic acid R in ethanol (96 per
cent) R, using 10 mL for a 200 mm square plate, and heat at 120 °C for 5 min.
Results B: the spots due to anethole appear blue against a yellow background. In the chromatogram
obtained with 2 µL of the test solution, the spot due to anethole is intermediate in size between the
corresponding spots in the chromatograms obtained with 1 µL and 3 µL of the reference solution. The
chromatograms obtained with the test solution show in the lower third a blue spot (triglycerides) similar
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in position to the spot in the lower third of the chromatograms obtained with the reference solution
(triglycerides of olive oil).
Figure 0262.-1. – Illustration for identification test B of powdered herbal drug of aniseed
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FENNEL, SWEET
Foeniculi dulcis fructus
DEFINITION
Dry cremocarps and mericarps of Foeniculum vulgare Mill. subsp. vulgare var. dulce (Mill.) Batt. &
Trab.
Content:
– essential oil: minimum 20 mL/kg (anhydrous drug);
– anethole: minimum 80.0 per cent in the essential oil.
CHARACTERS
Sweet fennel is pale green or pale yellowish-brown.
IDENTIFICATION
A. The fruit of sweet fennel is a cremocarp of almost cylindrical shape with a rounded base and a narrowed
summit crowned with a large stylopod. It is generally 3-12 mm long and 3-4 mm wide. The mericarps,
usually free, are glabrous. Each bears 5 prominent, slightly carenated ridges. When cut transversely, 4
vittae on the dorsal surface and 2 on the commissural surface may be seen with a lens.
B. Microscopic examination (2.8.23). The powder is greyish-brown or greyish-yellow. Examine under a

(Figure 0825.-1.): yellow fragments of wide secretory canals, often made up of yellowish-brown-walled
polygonal secretory cells [D, H]; reticulate parenchyma of the mesocarp [B]; numerous fibre bundles [G]
from the ridges [Ga], often accompanied by narrow spiral vessels [Gb]; very numerous endosperm
fragments [F] containing aleurone grains [Fb] and very small calcium oxalate cluster crystals [Fa]; some
fibre bundles from the carpophore [E]; fragments of the endocarp, in surface view [K, A], consisting of
thin-walled, transversely elongated cells 2-9 μm wide, having a parquetry arrangement, sometimes
accompanied by the inner layer of the mesocarp [Aa]; fragments of the epicarp with stomata
accompanied by oil droplets [C]; very numerous oil droplets [J].

Test solution. Shake 0.3 g of the freshly powdered herbal drug (1400) (2.9.12) with 5.0 mL of methylene
chloride R for 15 min. Filter and carefully evaporate the filtrate to dryness on a water-bath at 60 °C.
Dissolve the residue in 0.5 mL of toluene R.
Reference solution. Dissolve 60 µL of anethole R in 5.0 mL of hexane R.
Mobile phase: hexane R, toluene R (20:80 V/V).
Application: 10 µL as bands of 20 mm by 3 mm.
Drying: in air.
Results A: the chromatograms show in the central part a quenching zone due to anethole.
Detection B: spray with sulfuric acid R and heat at 140 °C for 5 min; examine in daylight.
Results B: the chromatograms show in the central part a violet band due to anethole; the chromatogram
obtained with the test solution also shows a reddish-brown zone in the upper third (terpenes).
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Figure 0825.-1. – Illustration for identification test B of powdered herbal drug of sweet fennel
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AGNUS CASTUS FRUIT
Agni casti fructus
DEFINITION
Whole, ripe, dried fruit of Vitex agnus-castus L.
Content: minimum 0.08 per cent of casticin (C19H18O8; Mr 374.3) (dried drug).
IDENTIFICATION
A. Agnus castus fruit is oval or almost globular, with a diameter of up to 5 mm. The persistent calyx is
greenish-grey, finely pubescent, ends in 4-5 short teeth and envelops 2/3 to 3/4 of the surface of the fruit.
The blackish-brown fruit consists of a pericarp that becomes progressively sclerous up to the endocarp.
The style scar is often visible. Some of the fruits may retain a stalk, about 1 mm long. A transverse
section of the fruit shows 4 locules, each containing an elongated seed.
B. Microscopic examination (2.8.23)◀ . Examine under a microscope using chloral hydrate solution R. The
powder shows the following diagnostic characters: fragments of the outer epidermis of the calyx
composed of polygonal cells densely covered with short, bent or undulate, uni-, bi- or tri-cellular
uniseriate covering trichomes; cells of the epicarp with thick walls and well-marked, large pits; isolated
glandular trichomes with a unicellular stalk and a uni- or multi-cellular head; layers of parenchyma from
the outer part of the mesocarp, some containing brown pigment, others extending into septa; fragments
from the inner part of the mesocarp composed of thin-walled, pitted, sclerenchymatous cells and of
typical isodiametric sclerous cells with very thick, deeply grooved walls and a narrow, stellate lumen;
small brown cells of the endocarp; fragments of the testa containing areas of fairly large, thin-walled
lignified cells with reticulate bands of thickening; numerous fragments of the endosperm composed of
thin-walled parenchymatous cells containing aleurone grains and oil droplets.
Test solution. To 1.0 g of the powdered herbal drug (355) (2.9.12) add 10 mL of methanol R. Heat in a
water-bath at 60 °C for 10 min. Allow to cool and filter.
Reference solution. Dissolve 0.5 mg of aucubin R and 1 mg of agnuside R in methanol R and dilute to
1.0 mL with the same solvent.
Plate: TLC silica gel F254 plate R (5-40 µm) [or TLC silica gel F254 plate R (2-10 µm)].
Mobile phase: water R, methanol R, ethyl acetate R (8:15:77 V/V/V).
Application: 10 µL [or 8 µL] as bands ▶ of 10 mm [or 8 mm]◀ .
Drying: in air.
Detection: ▶ treat with anhydrous formic acid R◀ and heat at 120 °C for 10 min; examine in daylight.
solution and the test solution. Furthermore, other zones may be present in the chromatogram obtained
with the test solution.
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Agnuside: a blue zone A blue zone (agnuside)
_______ _______
Aucubin: a blue zone A blue zone (aucubin)
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BILBERRY FRUIT, DRIED
Myrtilli fructus siccus
DEFINITION
Dried ripe fruit of Vaccinium myrtillus L.
Content: minimum 1.0 per cent of tannins, expressed as pyrogallol (C6H6O3; Mr 126.1) (dried drug).
IDENTIFICATION
A. Dried bilberry is a dark blue, subglobular, shrunken berry about 5 mm in diameter, with a scar at the
lower end and surmounted by the persistent calyx, which appears as a circular fold and the remains of the
style. The deep violet, fleshy mesocarp contains numerous small, brown, ovoid seeds.
B. Reduce to a powder (355) (2.9.12). The powder is violet-brown. Examine under a microscope using
chloral hydrate solution R. The powder shows: violet-pink sclereids from the endocarp and the mesocarp,
usually aggregated, with thick, channelled walls; reddish-brown fragments of the epicarp consisting of
polygonal cells with moderately thickened walls; brownish-yellow fragments of the outer seed testa
made up of elongated cells with U-shaped thickened walls; clusters and prisms crystals of various size of
calcium oxalate.

Test solution. To 2 g of the powdered herbal drug (355) (2.9.12) add 20 mL of methanol R. Shake for
15 min and filter.
Reference solution. Dissolve ▶ 0.10 g of bilberry dry extract HRS in 25 mL of methanol R. Stir for
15 min and filter.
Mobile phase: anhydrous formic acid R, water R, butanol R (16:19:65 V/V/V).
Drying: in air.
Detection: examine in daylight.
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_______ _______
A violet-red zone A violet-red zone
A violet zone A violet zone
A violet zone A violet zone
A broad unresolved bluish-violet zone A broad unresolved bluish-violet zone
_______ _______
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CARAWAY FRUIT
Carvi fructus
DEFINITION
Whole, dry mericarp of Carum carvi L.
CHARACTERS
Odour reminiscent of carvone.
IDENTIFICATION
A. The fruit is a cremocarp of almost cylindrical shape. It is generally 3-6.5 mm long and 1-1.5 mm wide.
The mericarps, usually free, are greyish-brown or brown, glabrous, mostly sickle-shaped, with both ends
sharply terminated. Each bears 5 prominent narrow ridges. When cut transversely the profile shows an
almost regular pentagon and 4 vittae on the dorsal surface and 2 on the commissural surface may be seen
with a lens.
B. Reduce to a powder (355) (2.9.12). The powder is yellowish-brown. Examine under a microscope using
chloral hydrate solution R. The powder shows the following diagnostic characters: fragments of the
secretory cells composed of yellowish-brown or brown, thin-walled, polygonal secretory cells, frequently
associated with a layer of thin-walled, transversely elongated cells, 8-12 µm wide; fragments of the
epicarp with thick-walled cells and occasional anomocytic stomata (2.8.3); numerous endosperm
fragments containing aleurone grains, droplets of fatty oil and microcrystals of calcium oxalate in rosette
formation; spiral vessels accompanied by sclerenchymatous fibres; rarely some fibre bundles from the
carpophore; groups of rectangular to sub-rectangular sclereids from the mesocarp with moderately
thickened and pitted walls may be present.

Test solution. Shake 0.5 g of the powdered herbal drug (710) (2.9.12) with 5.0 mL of ethyl acetate R for
2-3 min. Filter over 2 g of anhydrous sodium sulfate R.
Reference solution. Dissolve 2 µL of carvone R and 5 µL of olive oil R in 1.0 mL of ethyl acetate R.
Drying: in air.
Results A: the chromatograms obtained with the test solution and with the reference solution show a
quenching zone (carvone) in the central part against a light background.
Detection B: spray with anisaldehyde solution R and, while observing, heat at 100-105 °C for 2-4 min;
examine in daylight.
Results B: the zones due to carvone are dark orange-brown; the chromatogram obtained with the test
solution shows above the zone due to carvone a violet zone similar in position and colour to the zone due
to triglycerides of olive oil in the chromatogram obtained with the reference solution; the chromatogram
obtained with the test solution shows close to the solvent front a weak violet zone due to terpene
hydrocarbons and in the lower part some weak, mostly violet-greyish and brownish zones.
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SCHISANDRA FRUIT
Schisandrae chinensis fructus
DEFINITION
Whole, dried or steamed and dried, ripe fruit of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill.
Content: minimum 0.40 per cent of schisandrin (C24H32O7; Mr 432.5) (dried drug).
IDENTIFICATION
A. The berry is more or less spherical, up to 8 mm in diameter; red, reddish-brown or blackish outer surface,
sometimes covered in a whitish frost; strongly shrivelled pericarp; presence of 1-2 reniform, yellowish-
brown, lustrous seeds, with thin seed-coat.
B. Reduce to a powder (355) (2.9.12). The powder is reddish-brown. Examine under a microscope using
chloral hydrate solution R. The powder shows the following diagnostic characters: reddish-brown
fragments of pericarp, consisting of 1 layer of thin-walled epicarp cells, accompanied by sparse oil cells
and several layers of ovoid, more-or-less flattened mesocarp cells; fragments of the outer testa of the seed
consisting of thick-walled, finely channelled sclereids, polygonal in surface view (15-50 µm in diameter)
and in palisade arrangement in side view; fragments of the inner testa with sclereids, isolated or in small
groups, about 80 µm in diameter, with slightly thickened and markedly channelled walls; fragments of
endosperm consisting of polyhedral cells containing oil droplets and aleurone grains. Examine under a
microscope using a 50 per cent V/V solution of glycerol R: the powder shows parenchymatous cells of the
mesocarp containing numerous small, round starch granules.
C. Examine the chromatograms obtained in the test for Schisandra sphenanthera.
Results A: see below the sequence of quenching zones present in the chromatograms obtained with the
reference solution and the test solution. Furthermore, other weak quenching zones may be present in the
chromatogram obtained with the test solution.
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γ-Schisandrin: a quenching zone A quenching zone (γ-schisandrin)
_______ _______
A weak quenching zone
_______ _______
Schisandrin: a quenching zone A quenching zone (schisandrin)
Results B: see below the sequence of zones present in the chromatograms obtained with the reference
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γ-Schisandrin: a brown zone A brown zone (γ-schisandrin)
_______ _______
_______ _______
Schisandrin: an intense, brownish-green zone An intense, brownish-green zone (schisandrin)
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STAR ANISE
Anisi stellati fructus
DEFINITION
Dried composite fruit of Illicium verum Hook.f.
Content:
– minimum 70 mL/kg of essential oil (anhydrous drug),
– minimum 86.0 per cent of trans-anethole in the essential oil.
CHARACTERS
The fruit carpels are brown.
Odour of anethole.
IDENTIFICATION
A. The fruit generally consists of 8 developed, one-seeded follicles, each 12-22 mm long and 6-12 mm high,
radially arranged around a short, central, blunt-ending columella. In some fruits 1 or 2 follicles may be
missing, but their position is clearly visible. Each follicle is boat-shaped or boot-shaped, with a greyish-
brown dorsal surface showing rough markings and lateral surfaces bearing scars from the neighbouring
follicles. One or more follicles are split open along the ventral suture, exposing a single, lenticular, shiny,
reddish-brown seed about 8 mm in diameter. The markings on the dorsal surface are not visible from the
ventral surface. Some of the follicles (1-3) may be imperfectly developed. Isolated follicles, pedicels and
seeds may be present.
B. Reduce to a powder (355) (2.9.12). The powder is reddish-brown. Examine under a microscope using
chloral hydrate solution R. The powder shows the following diagnostic characters: brown epicarpal cells,
polygonal in surface view, with a strongly striated cuticle and occasional anomocytic stomata (2.8.3);
fragments of the endocarp with long palisade-like cells; fragments of the mesocarp with large
parenchymatous cells, vessels, oil-containing cells and groups of stone cells; fragments of the seed testa
with palisade-like, sclerified, strongly pitted, yellow cells up to 200 µm long; fragments of the columella
and the fruit stalk with strongly and irregularly thickened, star-shaped stone cells about 400 µm long and
150 µm wide; rhomboidal or rectangular crystals of calcium oxalate.
C. Examine the chromatograms obtained in test B for Illicium anisatum (= I. religiosum) and certain other
Illicium spp.
Results: see below the sequence of the zones present in the chromatograms obtained with the reference
solution and the test solution. Furthermore, other weaker zones may be present in the chromatogram
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_______ _______
Caffeic acid: a light blue fluorescent zone
Quercitrin: a brownish-yellow fluorescent zone
A brownish-yellow fluorescent zone
_______ _______
Hyperoside: a brownish-yellow fluorescent zone A brownish-yellow fluorescent zone
Chlorogenic acid: a light blue fluorescent zone
A green fluorescent zone
Rutin: a brownish-yellow fluorescent zone A brownish-yellow fluorescent zone
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CORIANDER
Coriandri fructus
DEFINITION
Dried cremocarp of Coriandrum sativum L.
Content: minimum 3 mL/kg of essential oil (dried drug).
IDENTIFICATION
A. The fruit is brown or light brown, more or less spherical, about 1.5-5 mm in diameter, or oval and 2-6 mm
long. It consists of the entire cremocarp, with the mericarps usually tightly connected. The fruit is
glabrous and has 10 wavy, slightly raised primary ridges and 8 straight, more prominent secondary
ridges. The mericarps are concave on the internal surface. The stylopod crowns the apex and a small
fragment of the pedicel may be present.
B. Microscopic examination (2.8.23). The powder is brown. Examine under a microscope using chloral
hydrate solution R. The powder shows the following diagnostic characters (Figure 1304.-1): numerous
oil droplets [B]; fragments of endosperm [A] with small, thick-walled, regular cells containing
microrosettes [Aa] and microcrystals of calcium oxalate and oil droplets [Ab]; fragments of endocarp
(surface view [C, J], transverse section [H]), with very narrow cells having a parquetry arrangement [Ca,
Ha] and usually associated with a layer of thin-walled [Cb, Hb] or thicker-walled [Ja] rectangular
sclereids of the mesocarp; fragments from the sclerenchymatous layer of the mesocarp [G] with short,
strongly thickened, pitted, fusiform cells occurring in layers with the cells of adjacent layers
approximately at right angles to one another; fragments of parenchyma of the mesocarp (transverse
section [E]) with small cells with slightly thickened walls [Ea], the remains of secretory canals [Eb] and
sclereids [Ec]; fragments of epicarp (surface view [F]) with thin-walled polyhedral cells, some of which
contain small prisms of calcium oxalate [Fa]; rare fragments of secretory canals with brown cells,
(surface view [D]); occasional fragments of vascular bundles [K].

Test solution. ▶ To 0.5 g of the freshly powdered herbal drug (355) (2.9.12) add 5 mL of methanol R.
Sonicate for 10 min and centrifuge or filter; use the supernatant or filtrate.
Reference solution. Dissolve 10 µL of linalol R and 2 µL of geranyl acetate R in 1.0 mL of toluene R.
Drying: in air for 5 min.
Detection: treat with anisaldehyde solution R and heat at 100-105 °C for 5 min; examine in daylight.
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A bluish-violet zone
_______ _______
Geranyl acetate: a violet-blue zone
_______ _______
Linalol: an intense violet zone A violet zone (linalol)
A violet-blue zone
Reference
Figure 1304.-1. solution for identification test B of powdered Test
– Illustration solution
herbal drug of coriander
Figure 1304.-1. – Illustration for identification test B of powdered herbal drug of coriander
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JUNIPER
Juniperi galbulus
DEFINITION
Dried ripe cone berry of Juniperus communis L.
CHARACTERS
Strongly aromatic odour, especially if crushed.
IDENTIFICATION
A. The berry-shaped cone is globular, up to 10 mm in diameter, and violet-brown or blackish-brown,
frequently with a bluish bloom. It consists of 3 fleshy scales. The apex has a 3-rayed closed cleft and 3
not very clearly defined projections. A remnant of peduncle is frequently attached at the base. The fleshy
part is crumbly and brownish. It contains 3 or, more rarely, 2 small, elongated, extremely hard seeds that
have 3 sharp edges and are slightly rounded at the back, acuminate at the apex. The seeds are fused with
the fleshy part of the cone berry in the lower part on the outside of their bases. Very large, oval oil glands
containing sticky resin lie at the outer surface of the seeds.
B. Microscopic examination (2.8.23). The powder is brown. Examine under a microscope using chloral
hydrate solution R. The powder shows the following diagnostic characters: fragments of epidermis of the
cone berry wall containing cells with thick, pitted, colourless walls and brown glandular content,
occasionnally with anomocytic stomata (2.8.3); fragments of the 3-rayed apical cleft of the cone berry
with spaces and epidermal cells interlocked by papillous outgrowths; fragments of the hypodermis with
collenchymatous thickened cells; fragments of the mesocarp consisting of large thin-walled
parenchymatous cells, usually rounded, with large intercellular spaces and irregular, large, usually
scarcely pitted, yellow idioblasts (barrel cells); fragments of schizogenous oil cells; fragments of the testa
with thick-walled, pitted, colourless sclereids containing 1 or several prism crystals of calcium oxalate;
fragments of the endosperm and embryonic tissue with thin-walled cells containing fatty oil and aleurone
grains.

Test solution. Dilute the oil-xylene mixture obtained in the assay to 5.0 mL with hexane R.
Reference solution. Dissolve 4.0 mg of guaiazulene R and 50 µL of cineole R in 10 mL of hexane R.
Drying: in air.
Detection: treat with anisaldehyde solution R, heat at 100-105 °C for 5-10 min and examine in daylight.
Results: the chromatogram obtained with the reference solution shows a red zone (guaiazulene) in the
upper half and a brownish-violet or greyish-violet zone (cineole) in the lower half; the chromatogram
obtained with the test solution shows a strong violet zone (mono- and sesquiterpenes) similar in position
to the zone due to guaiazulene in the chromatogram obtained with the reference solution, a reddish-violet
zone a little above the zone due to cineole in the chromatogram obtained with the reference solution, a
greyish-violet zone (terpinen-4-ol) a little below the zone due to cineole in the chromatogram obtained
with the reference solution, and just below that a blue zone; a faint violet zone may be present in a similar
position to the zone due to cineole; further zones are present.
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C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

Rutin: a dark yellow zone A dark yellow zone

Reference solution Test solution

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Reference solution Test solution

C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

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C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

B. Microscopic examination (2.8.23). The powder is greenish-yellow or brownish-green. Examine under a

C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

B. Microscopic examination (2.8.23). The powder is greyish-brown or greyish-yellow. Examine under a

C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

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C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

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Reference solution Test solution

C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

C. Examine the chromatograms obtained in the test for Schisandra sphenanthera.

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C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

C. Thin-layer chromatography (2.2.27).

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