Comparison and Efficacy Study of In-house Developed Formulation of Fumaria indica (Pitpapra) Against Expensive Market Alternative

Abstract

Extracts of Fumaria species have been traditionally used since ages in India, as they have potential for treatment of skin, scalp diseases, rheumatism, stomach ache and fever mainly because of the presence of many secondary metabolites which makes them pharmacologically valuable, specifically, alkaloids which are considered to have anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. The purpose of this work was to compare Fumaria indica methanolic formulation with fumaria officinalis methanolic formulation using phytochemical profiling by HPTLC. Which showed that both the species are closely identical to each other. Therefore, this article suggests that Fumaria indica methanolic formulation can be used as an alternative of fumaria officinalis methanolic formulation as both have similarity in phytochemical ingredients when compared. In addition, the In-house developed formulation is economical and efficacious alternative towards market formulation.