Abstract

HPTLC ANALYSIS OF SEVVIYADHI CHOORANAM- A SIDDHA POLYHERBAL FORMULATION FOR SINUSITIS

S. Shamshalniha* and N. Anbu

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Abstract

The Siddha system of medicine is one of the oldest unique traditional systems of medicine practiced and followed in South India. It contains many unique formulations for the prevention and treatment of various acute and chronic diseases. The combination of medicines was based on herbal, mineral and Herbo- mineral formulations. However, most of the combinations were herbal based formulations. Among that, one such formulation was Sevviyadhi chooranam, denoted in Siddha literature “Anupava Vaidhya Dheva Ragasiyam- Moondram paagam (Pg no. 466)”. It is indicated for the treatment of Sinusitis. The main aim of the present study is to validate the phytochemical profiling of the Siddha polyherbal formulation Sevviyadhi chooranam through High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) analysis. Thus HPTLC (High performance thin layer chromatography) is an advance form of TLC (Thin Layer Chromatography) as it provides high resolution and much accurate data for the phytochemical profiling. HPTLC analysis was undertaken with CAMAG TLC Scanner III. The observations and results were obtained in the form of chromatogram at 366 nm thus representing the peaks. The results were described in peak table describing the values of peak area, peak heights, percent area, Rf values.

Keywords: Siddha system, Sevviyadhi chooranam, Phytochemical profiling, HPTLC analysis.