Abstract

PHARMACOGNOSTICAL & PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF ERANDA LEAVES KSHAR & SH. HINGU

Dr. Manju* and Prof. Mita Kotecha

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Abstract

Eranda & Hingu are two important drugs used in treatment. These are widely used in different formulations in clinical practice. Aacharya Bhavprakash had described a formulation of Eranda leaves kshara & Hingu in the treatment of Medovruddhi. This research article is the pharmacognostical and phytochemical evaluation of a clinical trial drug Eranda leaves kshara and Hingu. This work was done to check the purity and quality of Eranda patra kshara and hingu and to establish the pharmacognostical & phytochemical standards of the trial drugs as per API. Physical parameters like moisture content (loss on drying), aqueous and alcohol soluble extract values, ash value and chemical parameters like phytochemical study for detection of alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, carbohydrates, proteins etc. and TLC (Thin Layer Chromatography) were also done and results were documented for future references.

Keywords: Pharmacognostical, Phytochemicals, Eranda, Hingu, Kshara.