Quality Evaluation of Ayurvedic Crude Drug Daruharidra, Its Allied Species, and Commercial Samples from Herbal Drug Markets of India

Table 2

Comparative Maceration study of the roots of four Berberis species.

Macerated elements; (in 𝜇m)	Berberis aristata		Berberis asiatica		Berberis chitria		Berberis lycium
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Tracheids
Length	491.024	±125.571	658.613	±253.672	348.308	±129.626	282.836	±4.598
Width	13.062	±4.600	13.749	±6.481	12.221	±2.645	12.603	±0.231
Vessels
Length	259.720	±158.670	494.964	±181.477	160.405	±187.958	140.108	±14.862
Width	25.590	±18.198	20.623	±16.203	19.859	±11.533	24.629	±0.468
Fibres
Length	645.481	±259.182	522.462	±246.290	476.632	±337.029	517.879	±2.217
Width	14.666	±3.986	11.457	±3.240	10.693	±2.645	10.884	±0.258
Tracheidal fibres
Length	694.064	±324.992	714.949	±181.477	760.778	±194.440	368.931	±15.691
Width	12.986	±2.916	11.457	±3.240	11.457	±3.240	12.218	±0.250