Evaluation of Ayurvedic Compound Formulation – Krimimudgara Rasa

Quality 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 Krimimudgara Rasa, an Ayurvedic compound formulation. one sample procured from market (MF) and one sample prepared in laboratory (LF) 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 compliment each other in their findings, and can be used effectively for the identification of raw materials in the compound formulation (s).