<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Weekar Younus Raja</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zulfiqar Ali Bhat</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ishtiyaq Ahmad Chashoo</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognostic and Phytochemical Characteristics of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle Stem and Root Bark: A Comparative Study</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alkaloids</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fluorescence analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proximate Analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Simaroubaceae</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tree of Heaven</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">July 2017</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">/files/pj-9-5/10.5530pj.2017.5.106/index.html</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">668-673</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Ailanthus altissima&lt;/em&gt; (Simaroubaceae) is a large tree indigenous to China. It is known as the &amp;ldquo;Tree of Heaven&amp;rdquo;, used in traditional medicine in many parts of Asia, including China to treat cold, gastric diseases, diarrhea and endoparasites. It is also used as a bitter aromatic drug and as an antitumoral. &lt;strong&gt;Objective:&lt;/strong&gt; The present study deals with comparative pharmacognostical parameters for the bark of stem and root of &lt;em&gt;Ailanthus altissima&lt;/em&gt;, Mill. Swingle. &lt;strong&gt;Materials and Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; The stem and root bark were collected, shade dried and powdered plant material was studied for its proximate values by standard methods. The extracts were subjected to a preliminary phytochemical screening for the detection of various phytoconstituents. &lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; Proximate analysis revealed that the dry plant powder of stem bark has 6.48 % total ash, 0.42% acid insoluble ash, 4.60 % water soluble ash and for root bark 7.22 % total ash, 0.74% acid insoluble ash, 5.98 % water soluble ash. The Loss on drying for stem and root bark were found out to be 6.62 % and 10.46 % respectively. The stem and root bark of plant powder were found to possess phytoconstituents. Fluorescence analysis revealed the behaviour of the plant powder when treated with different chemical reagents. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; The present study reveals the preliminary phytochemical and proximate analysis of stem and root bark of &lt;em&gt;Ailanthus altissima&lt;/em&gt;. Information obtained from these studies can be used as markers in the identification and standardization of this plant as a herbal remedy and also towards monograph development on the plant.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">668</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Weekar Younus Raja, Zulfiqar Ali Bhat, Ishtiyaq Ahmad Chashoo &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&amp;amp;K &amp;ndash; 190006, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>