Introduction
Quality assurance of herbs and herb related formulations based on two types of testing
- physico-chemical related with purity of material
- impurities or contaminants present in material .
Physicochemical parameter details with product category:-
| Products | Testing Parameters |
|---|---|
| Raw drugs | As per API Foreign matter, Total ash, Acid insoluble ash, water soluble extractive, Alcohol soluble extractive, Thin layer chromatography |
| Tablets / pills | Description,Colour, Odour, Total ash, Acid insoluble ashpH,Water soluble extractive, Alcohol soluble extractive, Loss on drying, Total solid content, Fat content, Total sugar, Friability, Hardness, Uniformity of weight, Disintegration time |
| Sharbat/ Syrup | Description, Colour, Odour, Viscosity, pH, Total solid, Total sugar, Reducing & non Reducing sugar, specific gravity |
| Asva,Arishta,(Fermented liquid) | Description, Colour, Odour, pH, Specific gravity,Boiling point, RI, Optical rotation, Total acidity, Test for methanol, Reducing & non Reducing sugar |
| Ayurvedic Dusting powder | Description, Colour, Odour, Particla size (by Sieve method), Total ash, Acid insoluble ash, pH,Water soluble extractive, Alcohol soluble extractive, Loss on drying, Bulk density |
| Avaleha/semi solid | Description, Colour, Odour, Consistency, Total acidity, Total ash, Acid insoluble ash, pH,Water soluble extractive, Alcohol soluble extractive, Loss on drying, Total solid content, Fat content, Total sugar, Reducing & non Reducing sugar |
| Chewing candy | Description, Colour, Odour, Total ash, Acid insoluble ash, pH,Water soluble extractive, Alcohol soluble extractive, Loss on drying, Total solid content, Fat content, Total sugar, Reducing & non Reducing sugar, Salt content, Friability, Hardness,Uniformity of weight,Disintegration time |
| Oils & Ghee | Description, Colour, Odour, pH, Specific gravity,Boiling point, essential oil, RI, Optical rotation, Viscosity. Rancidity, Iodine value, Saponification value, Unsaponifiable matter, Acid value, peroxide value, Free Fatty acid, Fatty matter, Mineral oil test |
| Churna (fine & Coarse powder | Description, Colour, Odour, Partical size (by Sieve method), Total ash, Acid insoluble ash, pH,Water soluble extractive, Alcohol soluble extractive, Loss on drying, Bulk density, alkaloids, tannins, phenols, Flavonoids |
| Lepa/ Wax/ Cream | Description, Colour, Odour, Viscosity, Rancidity,Total acidity, Uniformity of content,pH, Thermal, stability,Fat content, LOD, Spreadibility |
| EYE drops | Description, Colour, Odour, pH, Clarity test |
| Plant extract | Description, Colour, Odour, volatile oil content,, Total ash, Acid insoluble ash, pH,Water soluble extractive, Alcohol soluble extractive, Loss on drying, Bulk density, residual solvent, alkaloids, tannins, phenols, Flavonoids, saponins |
| Bhasam / Pishti | Description, Colour, Odour, Total ash, Acid insoluble ash, pH,Water soluble extractive, Alcohol soluble extractive, Loss on drying, Partical size (by Sieve method), sulphated ash, Assay for element (2 major elements), Nishchandrica, Rekhapurntava, Varitara, Nirthoom, Niswadu,, Apurnar Bhav |
| Granules | Description, Colour, Odour, Bulk & Tap density, Compressibilty, total ash, Total sugar, Reducing & non Reducing sugar, Total ash, Acid insoluble ash, pH, Water soluble extractive, Alcohol soluble extractive |
| Raw plant material | Description, Colour, Odour, volatile oil content, foreign matter, Total ash, Acid insoluble ash, pH, Water soluble extractive, Alcohol soluble extractive, Loss on drying |