Abstract:
Pimenta officinalis Lindl., a bushy tree commonly known as ‘all spice’ belongs to the family Myrtaceae.
It is a potential drug in homoeopathy used in neuralgias and disturbed sensations of heat and cold.
The dried unripe fruits are used as medicine. The fruit is a small pea-sized berry, blackish to reddish
brown. The epicarp is conspicuous with numerous large glandular secretory cavities. The pericarp is
about 2 mm thick. The mesocarpic cells contain resin, tannins and sphaerocrystals. Stone cells are
also present in mesocarp. The outermost layer of seed consists of closely packed testa with attached
stone cells. The endosperm consists of cells containing starch grains. The powder microscopical and
organoleptic characters of powder are presented.
Physico-chemical parameters of raw drug viz., extractive values, ash values, formulation and
standardisation of mother tincture like wt. per ml, total solids, alcohol content, pH along with HPTLC
and UV studies have been undertaken.
