The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India: Volume VIII. Part I

Contents: Legal notices. General notices. Introduction. Special introduction. Monographs: 1. Amalaki. 2. Amalaki (Powder). 3. Amalaki Hydro alcoholic extract. 4. Amalaki water extract. 5. Arjuna. 6. Arjuna (Powder). 7. Arjuna Hydro-alcoholic extract. 8. Arjuna water extract. 9. Asvagandha. 10. Asvagandha (Powder). 11. Asvagandha Hydro-alcoholic extract. 12. Asvagandha water extract. 13. Bibhitaka. 14. Bibhitaka (Powder). 15. Bibhitaka Hydro-alcoholic extract. 16. Bibhitaka water extract. 17. Bhrngaraja. 18. Bhrngaraja (Powder). 19. Bhrngaraja Hydro-alcoholic extract. 20. Bhrngaraja water extract. 21. Brahmi. 22. Brahmi (Powder). 23. Brahmi Hydro-alcoholic extract. 24. Brahmi water extract. 25. Haridra. 26. Haridra (Powder). 27. Haridra Hydro-alcoholic extract. 28. Haridra water extract. 29. Haritaki. 30. Haritaki (Powder). 31. Haritaki Hydro-alcoholic extract. 32. Haritaki water extract. 33. Kalamegha. 34. Kalamegha (Powder). 35. Kalamegha Hydro-alcoholic extract. 36. Kalamegha water extract. 37. Kantakari. 38. Kantakari (Powder). 39. Kantakari Hydro-alcoholic extract. 40. Kantakari water extract. 41. Mandukaparni. 42. Mandukaparni (Powder). 43. Mandukaparni Hydro-alcoholic extract. 44. Mandukaparni water extract. 45. Satavari. 46. Satavari (Powder). 47. Satavari Hydro-alcoholic extract. 48. Satavari water extract. 49. Tamalaki. 50. Tamalaki (Powder). 51. Tamalaki Hydro-alcoholic extract. 52. Tamalaki water extract. 53. Vasa. 54. Vasa (Powder). 55. Vasa Hydro-alcoholic extract. 56. Vasa water extract. 57. Yasti. 58. Yasti (Powder). 59. Yasti Hydro-alcoholic extract. 60. Yasti water extract. Appendices.

The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, Pt. I, Vol. VIII is a legal document of standards for quality of single drugs, their powder and extracts (hydro-alcoholic and water) included therein (under the Drug and Cosmetic Act, 1940). This volume comprises 60 monographs on 15 single drugs consisting of raw material, their powder and hydro-alcoholic and water extracts.

The monographs (raw drug, aqueous and hydro-alcoholic) contain identity, purity and strength, quantitative parameters, other requirements, assay and additional requirements. The quantitative parameters contain loss on drying, total ash, acid insoluble ash, whereas raw drug also contain foreign matter, alcohol-soluble extractive and water soluble extractive and extracts (hydro-alcoholic and water) also contain pH and total soluble solids; other requirements contain heavy metals, microbial contamination, pesticide residues and aflatoxins. Under additional requirements packaging and storage, labeling, API reference standards are given. Detailed information on monographs on raw drug are provided also consisting of description, constituents, properties and action, important formulations, therapeutic uses and dose. The description of raw drug and powder includes macro-and microscopic details of raw drugs and its powder. Identification contains thin layer chromatography; properties and action contain Rasa, Guna, Virya, Vipaka and Karma. Under monograph of extracts method of preparation are also given.

This volume is eighth publication in this series on single drug but monographs on plant extracts are presented for first time, to ensure the quality of selected 15 widely used single plant drugs and their powders, extracts for prescribing pharmacopoeial standards along with chromatographic fingerprint profile using Phyto-chemical Reference Standards (PRS) and also assay. The standards have been consciously kept modest so that the implementation by the manufacturing companies becomes easily acceptable in order to maintain quality.

The appendices of this volume contain the details of protocols used in the determination of various standards as well as methods of testing. This book in general is more user friendly for the manufacturers, scientists and students and teachers in the standardization of single drugs.

This book is included in the first schedule of Drug and Cosmetic Act, 1940. Users are welcome to give their suggestions on this monographs so that these suggestions are evaluated and followed in the forthcoming volumes of Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, Part-I.