Abstract

INGREDIENTS IDENTIFICATION AND PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS OF VIMALA VARTI - A COMPOUND AYURVEDIC FORMULATION

Dhruva Dabhi*, Manjusha R., Harisha C. R. and Shukla V. J.

Abstract

Myopia also known as short sightedness is Dioptric condition of the eye in which with the accommodation at the rest incident parallel rays come to a focus anterior to the light sensitive layer of retina.[1] Various surveys in India have found myopia prevalence ranging from 6.9% to 19.7%.[2] Myopia has been implicated as the sixth leading cause of vision impairment.[3] In Asia prevalence of myopia is higher ranging 40% in general population and 80% in student population.[4] A clinical study was conducted on this problem with Vimala Varti. It was inferred from the results that it has encouraging results in the treatment of Myopia. Till date there is no data regarding scientific evaluation of Vimala varti. In the present study to develop the pharmacognostical and phytochemical profile of Vimala varti. The Pharmacognostical results showed that presence of Rosette crystal, Spiral vessles, Border Pitted vessels etc. Pharmaceutical analysis showed that the loss on drying value was 3% w/w, Ash value 18% and High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography at 254 nm and 366 nm resulted into 9 & 6 spots respectively. These parameters of pharmacognosy and pharmaceutical analysis may become the baseline for future.

Keywords: HPTLC, Pharmacognosy, Physicochemical, Vimala varti.