European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY ANALYSIS OF SIDDHA HERBAL DRUG “MAAVILINGAPATTAI CHOORANAM”

I. Samroothul Parveen* and S. Kayalvizhi

ABSTRACT

Siddha system of medicine is one of the ancient and unique system of medicine in India. In this Siddha system of medicine herbal drugs plays an important role to cure the disease without causing any adverse effect. One of such novel herbal preparation is Maavilingapattai Chooranam (MPC) which comprise of 16 potential herbal ingredients. The main objective of the present study was to standardize the Siddha herbal drug Maavilingapattai Chooranam by using FTIR Spectroscopic analysis. FTIR study reveals the different characteristic peak values with various functional compounds present in the extracts of the drug (MPC). The result of the study shows that the presence of functional groups Alcohols, Phenols, 1,2 Amines, Amides, Aromatics, Alkines, Alkynes, ɑ,β unsaturated aldehydes, Ketones, Aromatic amines, Alkylhalides, Carboxylic acids, Esters, Saturated aliphatic, Alkenes, 1o amines, Alkanes, Nitro compounds and Aromatics. These findings will help for further preclinical and clinical studies in Maavilingapattai Chooranam.

Keywords: Maavilingapattai Chooranam, FTIR analysis, Spectroscopy, MPC, Standardization.