Comparative physicochemical, phytochemical and HPTLC studies on root species used as Patala in Ayurvedic system of medicine

The developed HPTLC profile for the roots of Patala serves as an inexpensive qualitative tool in quality control for differentiating substitutes and adulterants from the authentic species of Patala and rapid approach to detect and quantify p-coumaric acid; similar studies concluded that the roots of S. chelonoides is the authentic Patala.