Abstract
Medicinal plant materials should be collected from the appropriate place, and during the appropriate season or time period to ensure the best possible quality of both source materials and finished products. It is well known that the quantitative concentration of biologically active constituent’s i.e.veerya of a drug, varies with the stage of plant growth, its stage of development and place of its occurrence. The best time for collection should be determined according to the quality and quantity of biologically active constituents rather than the total vegetative yield of the targeted medicinal plant parts. Charaka prescribes certain instructions regarding mode of collection. They include performance of auspicious rituals and practices, taking of sacred bath, wearing sacred dress, worshipping of gods, ashwinidevata’s and the sacred cow, performance of religious fast etc.
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Claim · model-written summary
Concentrations of biologically active constituents vary with plant growth stage, development stage and place.
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- plante0
- Organ / stage
- stage of plant growthe0
- Outcome
- quantitative concentration of biologically active constituent’se0
- Setting
- place of its occurrencee0
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Verbatim
e0“the quantitative concentration of biologically active constituent’s i.e.veerya of a drug, varies with the stage of plant growth, its stage of development and place of its occurrence”
t0“Medicinal plant materials”
Claim · model-written summary
Collection time should be chosen by the quality and quantity of active constituents rather than vegetative yield.
Verbatim
e0“The best time for collection should be determined according to the quality and quantity of biologically active constituents rather than the total vegetative yield of the targeted medicinal plant parts.”