FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (FTIR) CHARACTRIZATION OF SIDDHA MEDICINE KODIVELI CHOORANAM)

C.Gnana Soundariya; M.Navinkumar; A.S.Poongodi Kandhimathi

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (FTIR) CHARACTRIZATION OF SIDDHA MEDICINE KODIVELI CHOORANAM)

C. Gnana Soundariya, M. Navinkumar, A. S. Poongodi Kandhimathi

Abstract :

BACKGROUND The Kodiveli Chooranam is a herbal and mineral combination medicine used for treating all type of arthritis. OBJECTIVES To characterize the herbo mineral drug �Kodiveli Chooranam� MATERIALS AND METHODS The ingredients such as, carum copitum, Plumbago indica, Rock Salt, Ferula assafoida, Saussurea costus, Zingiber officinalae, Santalum album, Cedrus deodara, Piper longaum, Oldenlandia umbellate, Corus calamus, Nigella sativa, Lawsonia inermis. The medicine was prepared as per Siddha text yugi vaithiya kaviyam. RESULT FTIR characterization shows the presence of some functional group such as Halo compound, Sulfoxide, Fluro compound, Amine, Sulfone, Alkane, Nitro copound, Conjugated aldehyde, Amine salt, where identified in Siddha herbo mineral formulation �KODIVELI CHOOORANAM�. CONCLUSION The instrumental analysis FTIR study for Kodiveli chooranam shows the presence of functional groups through the stretch and bends which is responsible for its functional activity. It consists of activities such as anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-bactrial effect.Further researches want to done in Kodiveli chooranam to evaluate its efficacy and drug standardization.