It consist of dried slices of URGINEA INDICA KUNTH Family: Liliaceae Synonyms; jangli pyaz, sea onion, scilla, urginea

1. By ;- Sanchit Dhankhar

2. It consist of dried slices of
URGINEA INDICA KUNTH
Family: Liliaceae
Synonyms; jangli pyaz, sea
onion, scilla, urginea

3. India, konjam, saurshtra,
himalayas at an altitude of
1500m.Europian squill is grown
in Italy, Spain, France and
algeria

4. The herb needs sandy soil and mean
annual temperature of 15°c.Bulb
raise from the seed and plant
aquires full size within 5 yr. The
distance between two rows of plant
is about 75 cm. The bulbs are
collecting after flowering in
autumn. It losses about 80 % weight
when sun dried

5. i. Size: 1-2 cm length and 5-10 mm breadth.
ii. ii. Shape: Curved, slices separate or 4-8
slices joined to the axis.
iii. iii. Surface: Brittle in dry drug but tough in
moist drug.
iv. iv. Colour: Yellow- white.
v. v. Odour: Slightvi.
vi. Taste: Bitter and acrid.

6. .T.S section of Squill is shows following tissues:
1. Upper epidermis:Single layered with a moderately
thick cuticle, epidermal cells with thin walls
2. 2. Mesophyll:They form the bulk and is not
differentiated and consists only of thin walled,
large, polyhedral, colourless parenchyma with
intercellular spaces.
3. 3. Lower epidermis:Similar to upper epidermis but
in addition a few stomata are seen.

8. 0.3 % cardiac glycosides, muscilage (40%),
calcium oxalate, The main constituents are:
•Scillaren A
•scillaren B
•proscillaridin A
•glucoscillaren A and enzyme scillarenase
Scillaren A ➡ hydrolysis (scillarenase)
➡proscillaridin A
⬇ Acid Hydrolysis
⬇ Scillaridin B

9. SQUILL scilla hyacintoniana

10. a) Mucilage + Ruthenium = no pink colour
b) •Mucilage but stains with corallin soda
solution.
c) (b) mucilage + Iodine water= turns
reddish purple.
c) Legal test, baljet test(picric acid-orange
colour) raymond test(hot metholic
alkali - violet colour)

11. It is used as Cardiotonic. Stimulant.
Powerful expectorant in chronic
bronchitis and asthmaDiuretic in
small doses. In large dose emetic
and cathartic. It also posses anti
cancer activity