PHARMACOGNOSTICAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF SAPTAVINSHATIKI GUGGULU - AN AYURVEDIC POLYHERBAL FOR-MULATION

Abstract

Episiotomy is a surgically planned incision on the perineum and the posterior vaginal wall during the second stage of labour. Saptavinshatiki Guggulu is a polyhedral formulation which mainly in-dicated in the skin infection, wound healing and many other disorders. The present work was car-ried out to standardize the finished product “Saptavinshatiki Guggulu” to confirm its identity, quality and purity. Pharmacognostical and phyto-chemical observations revealed the specific char-acters of all active constituents used in the preparation. The pharmacognostical study reveals the presence of acicular crystals, crystal fibers, Oil globules, group of stone cell, Stone cells with brown content, Prismatic crystals, Sclariform vessels & compound starch grains etc. Pharmaceuti-cal analysis showed that the loss on drying value was 2.1 % w/w, Ash value 14.31 % w/w, water soluble extraction 40.48 % w/w, methanol soluble extraction 24.08% w/w, pH value 5.5, average weight of 20 tablet 566.6mg, hardness of Vati 2.5/kg/cm2, decentigration time > 1hour, HPTLC finger printing profile of Saptavinshatiki Guggulu revealed 10 spots at 254nm and 4 spots on 366nm.