Evaluation of Ayurvedic compound formulations 2- Palas’abijadi Cũrna

384-388Quality assurance is an integral part of all systems of medicine to ensure quality medicament. Thus, there is an urgent need to evaluate such parameters which can be adopted by the pharmaceutical industries. In the communication, attempts have been made to evaluate Palas’abijadi Cũrna, an Ayurvedic compound formulation. Four samples procured from differ-ent manufacturers were subjected to physicochemical analysis, HPTLC fingerprinting, and botanical characterization, and compared using authentic ingredients as reference. It was observed that the microscopic and chromatographic analyses com-pliment each other in their findings, and can be used effectively for the identification of raw materials in the compound for-mulation (s)