Application of HPTLC in the Standardization of a Homoeopathic Mother Tincture of Nux Vomica

Authors

D Shanbhag, ,
Sunita Jayaraman, ,

Keywords

Standardization of homeopathic mother tinctures; HPTLC, as a tool for standardizing homeopathic mother tinctures; brucine, a measurable component of Nux vomica tincture; fingerprinting homeopathic tinctures with HPTLC.

Article Type

Original Article

Abstract

In this study,we have chosen HPTLC (High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography) as a method of analysis to develop a standard procedure based on fingerprinting characteristics for the evaluation of homreopathic formulations. A simple and accurate HPTLC method has been developed for the quantification of brucine,one of the chief active chemical components of Nux vomica (along with strychnine),and the fingerprinting of the in-house mother tincture of Nux vomica, considered here to be a standard, with that of different marketed samples available from manufacturers of homreopathic medicines in India. This HPTLC method was quantitatively evaluated in terms of stability, repeatability, and accuracy.

Digital Object Identifier

10.53945/2320-7094.1782

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd.

How to cite this article

Shanbhag D, Jayaraman S. Application of HPTLC in the Standardization of a Homoeopathic Mother Tincture of Nux Vomica. Indian J Res Homoeopathy 2008;2:1-7. doi: 10.53945/2320-7094.1782