295-299The interest in Ayurvedic drugs/
formulations has led to an increase in their demand leading to a decline in
their quality, primarily due to lack of adequate regulations pertaining to
herbal drugs. Standardization is an essential tool to obtain the desired effect
of any drug/ formulations. But the herbal formulations which are being prepared
using traditional methods may not have the desired quality and batch to batch
consistency due to lack of modern pharmacopoeial standards. Four samples of Katphaladi
Cũrna, procured from different Ayurvedic pharmacies, were subjected to
physicochemical analysis, HPTLC fingerprinting and botanical characterization,
and compared using authentic ingredients as reference. The studies suggest that
these parameters may, together, be used for quality evaluation and
standardization of compound formulations and maintaining their quality, purity
and efficacy