Development of Quality Control Parameter of Hingwashtak Churna

In order to assess the quality, purity, safety, and efficacy of drugs it is essential that standardization of any herbal formulation should be done based on the analysis of their active properties. Testing of ayurvedic preparations using scientific methodologies adds to quality and accuracy of the product.

This article reports standardization parameters for a classical Ayurvedic formulation Hingwashtak Churna. Present paper reports the formulation prepared as per Ayurvedic Formulary of India and was characterized by pharmacognostic, physical, physicochemical, phytochemical, toxicological parameters as well as thin layer chromatography (TLC) profiling using standard methodologies.

This experimental work provided diagnostic characteristics to identify and standardize the formulation Hingwashtak Churna prepared using its official ingredients.

Based on the present investigation results, a monograph on quality standards for Hingwashtak Churna can be proposed for its batch-to-batch consistency. This document can also be utilised for rapid authentication fingerprints of this formulation using its TLC profiling.

Chromatography, Hingwashtak Churna, Quality control, Microscopic Characters