Abstract

PHARMACOGNOSTICAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL STANDARDIZATION OF MAHADADIMADI GHRITA - AN AYURVEDIC POLYHERBAL FORMULATION

Hetal Gusai*, V.K. Kori, Rajagopala S., K.S. Patel, Harisha C.R. and Shukla V.J.

Abstract

Mahadadimadi Ghrita, a poly herbal Ayurvedic formulation is mentioned in the context of Prameha Chikitsa by Chakrapani in his work Chakradatta. There has been an increase in demand for the Phyto-pharmaceutical products of Ayurveda. The present study deals with pharmacognostical identification of ingredients of Mahadadimadi Ghrita and Physico-Chemical analysis of final product. Pharmacgnostical study containing both macroscopic and powder microscopy of raw drugs revealed the identity, quality and purity of all the constituents of Mahadadimadi Ghrita. Pharmacognostical and phyto-chemical observations revealed the specific characters of all active constituents used in the preparation. The presence of oil globules, starch with prismatic crystals, cork cells were the characteristic features observed in the microscopy of drug combination. Refractive index of Mahadadimadi Ghrita was 1.4700, specific gravity 0.9181, iodine value 32.5421, saponification value 243.4538 and acid value is 1.5439.

Keywords: Mahadadimadi Ghrita, Pharmacognosy, Physico-chemical analysis, HPTLC.