Introduction To Lepidium Sativum Linn Seeds, And Extraction Of Mucilage

Lepidium sativum linn is an annual, erect, globous and edible herbaceous plant that belongs to the family of Brassicaceae and it is cultivated as culinary vegetable in different regions of the Asia and Europe.[1] This herbaceous plant is extensively used in traditional and modern systems of medicines due to their excellent therapeutic potentials owing to anti-diarrheal, anti –spasmodic, laxative hypoglycaemic, hypolipidemic, anti-microbial, anti – inflammatory, anti-hypertensive, analgesic, anti-pyretic, anti- diabetes etc. The results showed that the granules prepared from extracted mucilage as a binder had good flow and mechanical properties, all evaluated parameters were within the permissible limits. Thus, mucilage could be used as an alternative binding agent in pharmaceutical granules.[2]