COMPARATIVE PHARMACEUTICO-ANALYTICAL STUDY OF TAMRA BHASMA PREPARED BY CLASSICAL AND MODERN TECHNIQUES.

Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

Dr. Nikhil Chaudhari, Dr. Ninad Sathe

In present study nepaliya tamra bhasma was prepared using two different ways: by classical gajaputa and EMF. The current

pharmaceutical study of both the bhasmas was carried to evaluate the quality of both bhasmas. Kantakavedhi tamra patra

(copper foil 0.05mm thick) was processed for samanya shodhana and vishesh shodhana. Vishesh shodhita tamra was divided into

two samples and subjected to marana(incineration) using gajaputa according to the classical reference and EMF according to

th recent advanced method. Both the samples of tamra bhasma qualified all bhasma pariksha with dadhi pariksha after the 8 puta.

SEM analysis at resolution 100 nm and magnification 75000× showed tamra bhasma particle size of sample 1 (by gajaputa)

reached 31.3nm and sample 2 (by EMF) reached 41.4 nm. Considering all the above parameters it can be concluded that tamra

bhasma prepared using classically gajaputa reached more reduced size and stands better in quality than that of bhasma prepared

by EMF.