Volume: 47 Issue: 2
CIM-Rhoi Gold: Rhoifolin-rich, high herb-yielding variety of Ayurvedic herbal medicinal plant Prishniparni [Uraria picta (Jacq.) Desv. ex DC.]
Year: 2025, Page: 95-107, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v47i2.kumar
Received: Sept. 3, 2025 Accepted: Oct. 6, 2025 Published: Nov. 30, 2025
Prishniparni [Uraria picta (Jacq.) Desv. ex DC.; Family: Fabaceae; 2n = 22] is a ‘Dashmoola’ drug herb used in Ayurvedic herbal preparation, viz. Dasamularishta, Amratarisht, etc., to treat postnatal diseases of women, a variety of gynaecological problems, oral sores in children, general fatigue, gonorrhoea, cough, cold, fever, mental problems and fatigue. Primary and secondary biologically active metabolites, viz. fatty acids, phenolics, steroids, triterpenoids, alkaloids and flavonoids, have been reported in U picta. The major bioactive flavonoid rhoifolin (Apigenin-7-o-neohesperidoside) is considered a marker compound for qualitative and quantitative standardization of the herb. U. picta (Jacq.) Desv. was classified as Least Concern (LC) by the IUCN Red Data Book in the year 2010 (and subsequent). Despite its global “Least Concern” status, Prishniparni may be locally endangered in some regions of India due to factors like an increase in demand by the pharmaceutical/herbal drug industry and overexploitation of its wild sources. Since the WHO and Herbal Pharmacopoeia emphasize quality standardization of medicinal plants, its formulation in terms of active ingredients rhoifolin, efforts were taken towards the development of rhoifolin-rich genetically improved genotype of Prishniparni among 23 viable germplasms of the 52 collected germplasms during 2016-2017 from India. Through various evaluation trials (IET in 2020 & 2021, BST in 2022 and PST in 2023 & 2024) and morpho-chemical characterization of 23 germplasm during 2017-2019, CSIR-CIMAP has developed and released a variety of CIM-Rhoi Gold of Prishniparni, which not only produces higher herb yield (about 14 q/ha dry herb) but also has higher rhoifolin content (1.0–1.5%).
Keywords: Dashmoola, Germplasm, Prishniparni, Quality attributes, Rhoifolin, Variety, Yield
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Kumar, B., Kushwaha, H. K., Prasad, P., Kishor, R., Gupta, A., Aftab, N., Singh, V., Kumar, R., Samad, A., Ram, G., Singh, S. C., Lal, R. K., Shanker, K., Gupta, N., Kumar, N., Verma, R. K., Kumar, D., Singh, V., Srivastava, A., Mehdi, J., Singh, M., Chandra, S., Kumari, A., Gupta, A., Tiwari, K., & Ghosh, D. (2025). CIM-Rhoi Gold: Rhoifolin-rich, high herb-yielding variety of Ayurvedic herbal medicinal plant Prishniparni [Uraria picta (Jacq.) Desv. ex DC.]. Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Sciences, 47(2), 95–107. https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v47i2.kumar
