{"title":"<i>Shodhana</i> (processing) of <i>Rakta-Snuhi</i> (<i>Euphorbia caducifolia Haines</i>.) latex with <i>Chincha</i> (<i>Tamarindus indica</i> L.) leaf juice: A pharmaceutical analysis.","authors":"Shashi Gupta, Rabinarayan Acharya, Vinay J Shukla","doi":"10.4103/ayu.AYU_90_17","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Latex of <i>Euphorbia</i> <i>caducifolia</i> Haines. (Euphorbiaceae), botanical source of <i>Rakta</i> <i>Snuhi</i>, a caustic irritant, is being used in different Ayurvedic therapeutics, after proper processing (<i>Shodhana</i>) in some specific media. <i>Shodhana</i> of <i>Snuhi</i> latex with <i>Chincha-Patra</i> <i>Swarasa</i> (juice of tamarind leaves) using <i>Raudra</i> <i>Yantra</i> (instrument/pot kept under sunlight for drying) has been recommended in Ayurveda texts. <i>Snuhi</i> is one of the <i>Upavisha</i> (sub toxic group of herbal drugs) and a well-known plant in the Indian system of medicine. It is used in pharmaceutical procedures like preparation and processing of drugs.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of the study was to carry out <i>Shodhana</i> of <i>E. caducifolia</i> latex with <i>Chincha-Patra</i> <i>Swarasa</i>.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Fresh latex of <i>Snuhi</i> was collected from the Sapada area of Jamnagar, Gujarat and fresh leaves of <i>Tamarindus indica</i> L. were collected from the herbal garden of the university and <i>Swarasa</i> was extracted by traditional expression technique. <i>Shodhana</i> of <i>Snuhi Kshira</i> was done under sunlight dried and shade dried method by mixing it with leaf juice of <i>Tamarindus indica</i> L. in a glass bowl in different ratio i.e. <i>Kshira</i>: leaf juice was 8:4, 8:2, 8:1 respectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study reveals certain changes in physico-chemical parameters (pH) and organoleptic characters of processed <i>E. caducifolia</i> latex by <i>Tamarind</i> leaf juice both in shade-dried and sunlight-dried samples. Under HPTLC, <i>Shodhana</i> of <i>E. caducifolia</i> latex with <i>Tamarind</i> leaf juice alters the number of spots both sunlight-dried and shade-dried samples. In sun-dried sample, the number of spots increased when the concentration of <i>Tamarind</i> leaf juice is decreased in HPTLC study. The study reveals that in case of shade-dried <i>Shodhita</i> (processed) <i>Snuhi</i> latex sample, the concentration of lupeol increases with the increasing quantity of <i>Tamarind</i> leaf juice.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong><i>Shodhana</i> with <i>Tamarind</i> leaf juice changes both qualitative and quantitative property of <i>Snuhi</i> latex.</p>","PeriodicalId":8720,"journal":{"name":"Ayu","volume":"41 1","pages":"24-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/f9/b4/AYU-41-24.PMC8415233.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Ayu","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/ayu.AYU_90_17","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2021/7/30 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Background: Latex of Euphorbiacaducifolia Haines. (Euphorbiaceae), botanical source of RaktaSnuhi, a caustic irritant, is being used in different Ayurvedic therapeutics, after proper processing (Shodhana) in some specific media. Shodhana of Snuhi latex with Chincha-PatraSwarasa (juice of tamarind leaves) using RaudraYantra (instrument/pot kept under sunlight for drying) has been recommended in Ayurveda texts. Snuhi is one of the Upavisha (sub toxic group of herbal drugs) and a well-known plant in the Indian system of medicine. It is used in pharmaceutical procedures like preparation and processing of drugs.
Aim: The aim of the study was to carry out Shodhana of E. caducifolia latex with Chincha-PatraSwarasa.
Material and methods: Fresh latex of Snuhi was collected from the Sapada area of Jamnagar, Gujarat and fresh leaves of Tamarindus indica L. were collected from the herbal garden of the university and Swarasa was extracted by traditional expression technique. Shodhana of Snuhi Kshira was done under sunlight dried and shade dried method by mixing it with leaf juice of Tamarindus indica L. in a glass bowl in different ratio i.e. Kshira: leaf juice was 8:4, 8:2, 8:1 respectively.
Results: This study reveals certain changes in physico-chemical parameters (pH) and organoleptic characters of processed E. caducifolia latex by Tamarind leaf juice both in shade-dried and sunlight-dried samples. Under HPTLC, Shodhana of E. caducifolia latex with Tamarind leaf juice alters the number of spots both sunlight-dried and shade-dried samples. In sun-dried sample, the number of spots increased when the concentration of Tamarind leaf juice is decreased in HPTLC study. The study reveals that in case of shade-dried Shodhita (processed) Snuhi latex sample, the concentration of lupeol increases with the increasing quantity of Tamarind leaf juice.
Conclusion: Shodhana with Tamarind leaf juice changes both qualitative and quantitative property of Snuhi latex.
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