QUANTITATIVE MICRSCOPIC EVALUATION OF Annona squamosa Linn. (SITAPHAL) LEAVES

Plant based crude drugs is an important traditional medicinal practice which still using today throughout the world. Based on the different characteristics of  the medicinal plantlets their  therapeutic usage. Evaluation process depends on scientifically determine the qualitative microscopy.  This study have  greater importance for the authentication and phytochemical identification. So that  their microscopical constituents  have vital role for the safe utilization .The wild  source plants like  Annona squamosa Linn. leaf continues to draw wide attention for their role in treating diseases like  Cardiac ailments, Thyroid-related disorders, Diabetes, and Cancer..etc. Present work focus on quantitative parameters of leaf transfer section  and their evaluation  studies like Stomatal number, Stomatal Index, Vein Islet number Vein Terminal number  and Palisade ratio  are reported for the future prospects to increase the standardization of these parameters for the safe utilization of crude drugs are discussed.

Keywords: Annona squamosa, Traditional Medicinal plants, Phytochemicals,