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Pharmacognosy Manual Semester 4

The document provides instructions for a practical to study the rhizome of ginger. Students are asked to make a transverse section of ginger rhizome, dehydrate and stain it, then draw and label its structure. The rhizome's transverse section shows a cortex with parenchyma cells containing starch grains and oil cells, a well-marked endodermis separating the cortex from vascular bundles, and vascular bundles throughout containing phloem, sieve tubes, and xylem composed of 1-14 vessels.

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Pharmacognosy Manual Semester 4

The document provides instructions for a practical to study the rhizome of ginger. Students are asked to make a transverse section of ginger rhizome, dehydrate and stain it, then draw and label its structure. The rhizome's transverse section shows a cortex with parenchyma cells containing starch grains and oil cells, a well-marked endodermis separating the cortex from vascular bundles, and vascular bundles throughout containing phloem, sieve tubes, and xylem composed of 1-14 vessels.

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PHARMACOGNOSY MANUAL

SEMESTER 4

PRACTICAL No. 8
Study the rhizome of ginger by making it T.S. Dehydrate and stain it
with saffranin and light green. Draw its structure and label it.
Botanical origin: Zingiber officinale
Common name: Ginger
Vernacular name: Adrak
Family: Zingiberaceae
Geographical source: Plant is native of south eastern Asia, is cultivated in many tropical
countries notably in West Indies, India, Nigeria and West Africa.
Part used: rhizome
T-S of rhizome of ginger
The transverse section shows the following structure.
1: Cortex: It consists of thin-walled cellulose parenchyma cells with intracellular spaces
containing starch grains within the cortex; numerous oil cells are present which contain yellow
brown oleoresin.
2: Endodermis: there is a well-marked endodermis separating the cortex from central vascular
bundles, endodermis is free from starch
3: Vascular bundles: The vascular bundles are present throughout the cortex being smaller &
more numerous near the endodermis. Each vascular bundle contains phloem showing well
marked sieve tubes & xylem composed of 1-14 vessels with annular, reticulate or spiral.
4: Oil cells: There are minute yellow cells irregularly distributed in the ground tissue containing
volatile oils.

PHARMACOGNOSY MANUAL
SEMESTER 4

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