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Pharmacognosy-2 (PG303)  Level 2              Clinical Pharmacy-Pharm D

         The outer region: thin, shows few layers of purplish- brown to dark violet narrow
rectangular cells, give red color with 66% H2SO4 and violet with KOH. The central region: wide,
shows compact pseudo-parenchyma consisting of small, unequal rounded cells with a highly
refractive chitinous walls and contain fixed oil and protein.

                         Life Cycle of Ergot

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