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Genus Wedelia belonging to family Asteraceae has great importance in Ayurvedic, Sidhha and Unani etc. traditional medicinal systems. In the recent past, number of attempts has been made to compare and evaluate the different species of plants belonging to the same genus. The use of the plants, plant extracts and pure compounds isolated from natural sources has always provided a foundation for modern pharmaceutical research. In present article comparative study between Wedelia biflora and Wedelia chinesis has been made for parameters like ash content, soluble extracts, moisture content, pH, toxic heavy metals, pesticide residue and microbial load etc. Keywords: Asteraceae, Wedelia biflora , Wedelia chinesis, Ayurvedic drugs, Standrdisation. |