Differentiate between Organised and unorganised crude drug.
Organized crude drug
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Unorganized crude drug
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1. It is obtained from definite anatomic parts of the plants such as flowers, leaves, fruits etc.
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1. It is obtained from plants or animals by means of physical process such as drying, incision, extraction such as juices, resins.
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2. It is made up of definite tissue and cell.
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2. It does not have cellular structure.
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3. It is solid in nature
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3. It is solid, semi-solid and liquid in nature.
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4. Microscopical characters are used for identification.
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4. Chemical tests and physical standards are used for identification.
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5.Botanical and zoological terminology can be used to describe the drug
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5. Botanical and zoological terminology is inadequate. To describe these drugs, physical characters such as solubility, optical rotation, refractive index are used.
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6.Ex. Coriander , fennel, datura, etc
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6. Ex. Aloe , bees wax, tragacanth, asafoetida etc.
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