Abstract
Terminalia arjuna (Roxb) Wight & Arn belongs to the family combretaceae known as potent cardiotonic since ancient times. Herbal drug aid with technology is utilized for converting botanicals into medicines, where there is an importance of standardization and quality control studies with appropriate integration of modern techniques and traditional knowledge. The qualitative and quantitative aspects which are widely accepted in the quality assessment of herbal drugs such as TLC and HPTLC studies. In the present study Terminalia arjuna fingerprint of different solvent extracts has been studied by HPTLC along with phytochemical screening in different solvent extracts. Thin layer chromatography was carried with mobile phase Chloroform: Methanol (9.2:0.8) (v/v) on Precoated aluminium Silica gel plates (Merck) and a densitometric determination was done at 580 nm. Other parameters studied such as morphology, heavy metals, aflatoxin contamination and fluorescence behaviour to lay down the standard for the genuine drug.
