Physico-chemical standardisation of homoeopathic medicinal plant - eucalyptus tereticornis dom

ABSTRACT

Mother tincture prepared from the leaves of Eucalyptus tereticornis is a potent medicine in Homoeopathy, mostly used in menstrual cough and prostration. Physico-chemical standardisation of raw drug as well as mother tincture are carried out to lay down pharmacopoeial standards. Parameters viz. ash values, extractive values in different solvents, formulation, specific gravity, total solids, alcohol content, pH, UV absorbance, preliminary phytochemical screening, besides TLC, HPLC and HPTLC profiles are provided, which help in identification and authentication of the drug