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PHARMACOGNOSTICAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF ANUBHUTA RASAYAN YOGA-AN AYURVEDIC POLYHERBOMINERAL FORMULATION FOR DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

Krishna Kumar V.*, Harisha C. R., Shukla V. J. and Manjusha R.

Abstract

Diabetic retinopathy is a micro vascular complication of Diabetes mellitus. Anubhuta Rasayan Yoga is an Ayurvedic Polyherbomineral formulation for Diabetic retinopathy .The quality assessment of herbal formulation is of vital importance in order to justify their acceptability in the modern circumstances. Standardization and quality control strategies are more required to provide effective and safe drugs. Thus Anubhuta Rasayan Yoga was evaluated by Pharmacognostical, Preliminary Physicochemical and Phytochemical studies. The powder microscopical study showed the presence of pitted vessels and sclerides, annular and scalariform vessels, dark brown coloured content, yellow colouring matter, silica deposits, stone cells, cork cells, collenchyma cells and rhomboidal crystals. Preliminary physicochemical parameters showed that water soluble extractive value is more than alcohol soluble extractive value. Qualitative analysis of methanolic and water extract showed the presence of tannin, phenolic compounds, alkaloid, glycoside and steroid.

Keywords: Anubhuta Rasayan Yoga, Diabetic retinopathy, Pharmacognosy, Physico-chemical analysis.