Abstract

PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF TRIPHALA IN AQUEOUS AND METHANOLIC EXTRACTS

Revathi S.*, Gopal V. and Jeyabalan G.

Abstract

Triphala is an ayurvedic provision made out of three equivalent rations of herbal dried fruits indigenous to the Indian subcontinent namely Terminalia chebula, Emblica officinalis, and Terminalia bellirica. Triphala is the most widely recognized element of more than 400 conceptualizations demonstrated for various illnesses. The present examination plans to give a review of the compound constituents present in the primitive distils of dried powdered Triphala with exceptional accentuation on their pharmacological activities. The powdered Triphala distils have been riddled for phytochemical constituents in two unique solvents water and methanol. Preliminary phytochemical investigation divulged the comportment of compounds like alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, phenols, saponins, diterpenes, sugars, and terpenoids and so on.

Keywords: Ayurveda, Triphala, organoleptic, phytochemical analysis.