PHYTOCHEMICAL ATUDY ON ALAMBUSHADI CHURNA TABLET

Presently it is being globally accepted that medicinal plants play a major role in providing health benefits to human beings. Maximum Ayurvedic medicines are plant based drugs. The complex composition of medicinal plant based drugs has a major challenge for quality control. Phytochemical study is the most important part for standardization of the medicinal plant base drugs. One important Ayurvedic drug i.e. Alambushadi Churna tablet had been selected from Ayurvedic famous book named Bhava Prakasha for the Phytochemical study. It is mainly used in the treatment of disease Amavata (Rheumatoid arthritis). The Phytochemical study revealed that reducing sugars, tannin, phenolic compounds, flavonoids, saponin glycosides and gum were present into the sample of Alambushadi Churna tablet. REFERANCES 1 Madhavakara, Rakshita V, Dutta S, Shastri S, Upadhyaya Y. Madhava Nidana (Madhukokosha Vyakya with Vidyotini Hindi Commentary), Ed 26, Part. I, Chaukhambha Sanskrit Sanathana, Varanasi, 1996, 460-464. 2 Harrison TR, Anthony S. Fauci et al. Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, Ed 14, Vol. 2, McGraw Hill, New York, 1998, 1885. 3 Bhavamishra, Mishra B S, Bhavaprakasha with Vidyotini Hindi Commentary, Ed 9, Part. II, Chaukhambha Sanskrit Sansthana, Varanasi, 2005, 287. 4 Harborne JB, Phytochemical methods, Ed 2, Chapman and Hall, Landon, 1984. 5 Sharma PV, Dravyaguna Vijnana, Ed 8, Vol. II, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi, 1986. 6 Chopra RN, Indigenous Drugs of India, Ed 2, U N Dhur and Sons Pvt. Ltd., Calcutta, 1959.