Hitesh Kumar

Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis var. agrestis Naudin; belonging to Cucurbitaceae family is commonly known as Wild Melon (English), Kachari (Hindi), is an annual climber, probably indigenous to North India. In present study standardization of C. melo subsp. agrestis was performed as per WHO guidelines including macroscopy and microscopy, ash values, extractive values, loss on drying, fluorescence analysis, swelling index, foaming index, determination of volatile oil content. To complete the study methanol and water extract of powdered seeds was screened for various phytoconstituents. The qualitative chemical analysis of extracts was found positive for alkaloids, proteins, carbohydrates, flavonoids and sterols. These studies provide valuable information for the identification and standardization of this plant material. 

  Nothing in this world is stable and ever accepted. Change is the requirement of nature for the sake of adaptability. However, the pharmaceutical world is also not far off from this change. Technical advancement in pharma world also leads to the development of new dosages forms. This leads to the replacement of the older dosages forms with the newer once. But for the tablet dosages forms this replacement is substituted with modifications. On the top of it the availability of numerous evaluation parameters provides these new modifications in tablets a clear cut demonstration idea.