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

Table 4

Comparative Maceration study of the stems of four Berberis species.

Macerated elements	Berberis aristata		Berberis asiatica		Berberis chitria		Berberis lycium
	Mean	Seed,	Mean	Seed,	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Trachieds
Length	439.03	±75.641	625.583	±169.764	360.398	±102.082	262.436	±3.145
Width	12.85	±4.600	12.417	±6.481	12.420	±2.645	11.603	±0.384
Vessels
Length	459.72	±48.896	594.694	±102.728	468.908	±082.487	440.168	±14.862
Width	20.69	±10.186	18.623	±16.203	19.859	±11.503	20.629	±0.860
Fibres
Length	627.38	±158.092	543.216	±180.780	424.426	±292.948	497.796	±2.217
Width	13.41	±3.986	11.246	±3.240	10.993	±2.645	18.443	±0.258
Tracheidal fibres
Length	625.08	±224.887	706.843	±086.878	670.678	±094.087	334.632	±15.691
Width	11.49	±2.916	11.247	±3.240	11.457	±3.240	12.268	±0.250