Research Article

A Study on Justicia flava (Forssk.) Vahl.: Pharmacognostic Characterization and Antiplasmodial and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of the Leaves

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(a) Leaf laminar showing wavy-walled epidermal cells (wec) and multicellular head of glandular trichome (gt); (b) diacytic (diallelocytic) stomata (st); (c) vein-islets (vi), veinlet termination (vt), and glandular trichome (gt); (d) glandular trichome (gt) with unicellular stalk and multicellular head (×40); (e, f) T/S of the midrib and petiole (×10); (g) T/S of midrib showing epidermal cells (ep), collenchyma (co), parenchyma (pc), and cystolith (cys); (h) open arch vascular bundle (vb); (i) multicellular nonglandular trichomes (tr) on the outer surface of midrib; (j) multicellular nonglandular trichomes (tr) on the outer surface of petiole.