Abstract

ROLE OF ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE STANDARDIZATION OF AYURVEDIC FORMULATION

Dr. Nishakumari P. R.* and Dr. Sujnan Jain

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Abstract

Ayurveda, the ancient system of Indian medicine mainly deals with herbo- mineral formulation. The herbo -mineral formulationis having high clinical value, due to their long shelf life, lesser dosage and high potency. Standardization of herbo-minernal is the need to make our formulation stand out in global scenario. So to obtain a standard product attention should be paid at three levels, raw materials, process and final product. The analytical study of ayurvedic products reveals the physical and chemical changes take place after each and every process. To establish the efficacy of the ayurvedic formulation it is necessary to evaluate the analytical study. The presence of free metal or particle is of large size in any formulation can lead to the damage of the vital organs. Hence analytical instruments are employed for gaining information about the identity, particle size and structure of the contents of the formulation. Now, Modern technology has many analytical instruments which help in determining the various values with much accuracy and precision. Considering this an effort is made to analyse the formulation using analytical instruments like XRD, SEM, EDAX, CHROMATOGRAPHY.

Keywords: Ayurvedic formulation, XRD, SEM, EDAX, CHROMATOGRAPHY.