Botanical Name : Mucuna-pruriens

Common/Trade Names : Kawach

Plant Parts Used :Roots, Leaves, Seeds, Hairs

Description :

   A slender climbing annual with hairy branches; leaves trifoliate, leaflets broadly ovate, elliptic or rhomboid ovate, membranous, unequal at base, pubescent above, elliptic or rhomboid ovate, membranous, unequal at base, pubescent above and densely clothed with silvery grey hairs beneath; flowers purple, in axillary pendulous, 6-30 flowered racemes; fruits turgid pods, longitudinally ribbed, curved, densely clothed with persistent pale brown or grey irritant bristles, seeds black, 4-6 per pod, ovoid.Mucunine and mucunadine are the major constituenst.Roots are useful constipation, nephropathy, strangury, dysmenorrhoea, amenorrhoia, elephantiasis, dropshy, neuropathy, consumption, ulcers, helminthiasis, fever and delrium. The leaves are useful in ulcers, inflammation, helminthiasis, cephalagia and general debility. The seeds are useful in gonorrhoea, consumption and sterility.

Specification   Botanical Name : MUCUNA PRURIENS Plant Parts : Seed Active Constituents : L-Dopa Description color : Brown Aroma : Characteristic Taste : Characteristic Method of Assay : HPLC Solubility : Soluble in Water Identification Assay : L-Dopa NLT 10 % Specification Heavy Metals Arsenic : < 2ppm Mercury : < 3ppm Lead : < 3ppm Microbiological Analysis Total Bacterial count : NMT 1000 CFu / gm Total fungal count : NMT 100 CFu / gm E. Coli, Staphylococcus Aureus : Absent Salmonella, Pseudomonas : Absent Pathogens, Aeruginosa : Absent