Abstract

PHARMACOGNOSTICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS OF PIPPALYADI RASAYANA- AN AYURVEDIC HERBOMINERAL FORMULATION FOR BRONCHIAL ASTHMA

Priya Soni*, Mandip Goyal, Harisha C. R. and Vinay Shukla

ABSTRACT

Background: Pippali is indicated as one of the drugs for management of disorders of Kapha. So for assurance of quality of herbal compounds pharmacognostical and pharmaceutical analysis should be done. Methods: Pippalyadi Rasayana was subjected to microscopic evaluation for pharmacognostical, physiochemical analysis like total sugar, reducing sugar, loss on drying, ash value, pH value, water soluble extract, alcohol soluble extract and high-performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC). Results: Pharmacognostical study showed the presence of certain identifying characters of all the ingredients of Pippalyadi Rasayana that is Pippali, Triphala, Chitraka, Jati, Vidanga, Bharangi etc. In pharmaceutical study, preliminary physiochemical analysis showed that total sugar value 212.901, reducing sugar 144.12 , ash value 2.36%w/w, loss on drying 2.7%w/w, water soluble extract 23.2%w/w, alcohol soluble extract 28.48%w/w and HPTLC showed 7 spots in 254 nm and 7 spots in 366 nm. Conclusions: Pharmacognostical and physico-chemical observations revealed the specific characters of all active constituents of Pippalyadi Rasayana and confirmed the purity and genuinity of the drug..

Keywords: Pippalyadi Rasayana, Bronchhial asthma, Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutical analysis.