Abstract

PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIC (AAS) STUDY OF TAUS (PAVO CRISTATUS) FEATHER SOKHTA (MOHARRAQ).

Raghubanshi*, Mohd. Tauseef Alam, Amir, Bushra Sabir, Mohammad Idris and Mohd. Nafees Khan

ABSTRACT

Introduction: In Indian traditional system of medicine, peacock feather in the form of ash or water extract is used against snake bite and to treat various problems associated with lungs. Ash of feather cures hiccup, nausea and vomiting uses in diarrhoea and dysentery, headache cough, asthma, and other respiratory diseases, tuberculosis, to get mal child, sexual impotence. Sokhta is the process by which drugs are burnt to the charring stage but not reduced to ash. Materials and Methods: The taus feather sokhta, prepared according to NFUM, The prepared sokhta drug was analysed on the basis of organoleptic parameters; various physico-chemical parameters viz. Organoleptic Properties, Determination of Carbonized Value, Determination of pH, Alcohol Soluble Matter, Water Soluble Matter, Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS). Results and Discussion: The results have shown
Taus feather sokhta black, shiny. The quality standards have been developed on the basis of extensive physicochemical analysis, Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS). The elemental analysis has also shown some interesting leads. Conclusion: The outcomes of this study may be used as a standard monograph for taus feather and will definitely provide a lead for future pharmacological, pharmaceutical and clinical studies on this drug.

Keywords: Taus feather, physicochemical study, Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy.