COMPARATIVE PHARMACEUTICO-ANALYTICAL STUDY OF TAMRA BHASMA PREPARED BY TAMRA PATRA AND COPPER POWDER.

Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

Dr. Nikhil Chaudhari, Dr. Ninad Sathe

In present study tamra bhasma is prepared by using two different form of nepalaka tamra i.e. patra (foil of thickness 0.05 mm) and

powder. Both forms of raw materials are processed into samanya shodhana, vishesh shodhana and marana according to the

classical reference. Patra form of tamra became more ittle and powdered similar to the original powered copper sample after

samanya shodhana. During marana procedure after each puta chakrika of both the forms were easily eakable and made into

th powder. Both forms of Tamra bhasma passes all bhasma pariksha with dadhi pariksha after the 8 puta. SEM analysis at resolution

100 nm and magnification 75000× reported that particle size of patra form (31.3 nm) is more reduced than powder (75.8 nm),

but powder form showed uniformity of particle size as compared to the patra form. By compå tamra bhasma prepared from

both form it is observed that both samples stand better to use as a raw material.