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Medicinal plants (PG 101) Level 1 Clinical Pharmacy-PharmD
Lycopodium Spores Kamala
Lycopodium consists of the ripe Kamala consists of the trichomes,
spores of the common clubmoss, and glands separated from the
Lycopodium clavatum L. fruits of Mallotus philippinensis
(Lycopodiaceae). (Euphorbiaceae), a tree found in
India and Pakistan.
• Lycopodium is a pale yellow, fine, • It occurs as a dull reddish-brown
extremely mobile powder without powder without odor or taste.
odor or taste.
• Kamala consists of glands and
• It floats on water without being
wetted. Blown into a flame, it trichomes. The glands are of
burns instantly with a brilliant sub-globular shape and are
flash.
Characters • The spores are very resistant to filled with a deep red resin,
pressure and unaffected by secreted by a number of club-
dilute acids and alkalis. shaped cells radiating from a
common center.
Lycopodium spores contain fixed oil 1- Anthelmintic
Constituents (50%). The drug also contains phloroglucinol derivatives
phytosterin, alkaloid (lycopodine) (rottlerin and isorottlerin).
together with traces of nicotine. 2- Resins (65%).
▪ As dusting powder and in manufacture ▪ Treatment of tapeworm
of medicated snuffs and pills. infestation.
▪ Employed as a standard of reference in ▪ Treating poultry.
Uses quantitative microscopy (an assay
method used to evaluate the crude
drugs when other physical becomes
not applicable).
▪ In manufacture of fireworks.
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