Scientific validation of the different purification steps involved in the preparation of an Indian Ayurvedic medicine, Lauha bhasma

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-104

  Krishnamachary, Balaji ^a   Rajendran, Narendran ^a   Pemiah, Brindha ^a   Krishnaswamy, Sridharan ^a   Krishnan, Uma Maheswari ^a   Sethuraman, Swaminathan ^a   Sekar, Rajan K ^a  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ayurveda (knowledge of life); Herbo metallic preparation; Lauha bhasma (iron ash); Nanostructure

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; IRON; LAUHA BHASMA; SESAME SEED OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; BUTTER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FRYING; HEATING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MILK; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; HOT TEMPERATURE; IRON; MANURE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; ORYZA SATIVA; SESAME OIL; URINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84861960743     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Anand, C., Neetu, S., 2010. Herbo mineral formulations (Rasaoushadhies) of ayurveda: Anamazing inheritance of ayurvedic pharmaceutics. Ancient Science of Life 30, 18-26.
2. Bhanu, P., 1997. Use of metals in ayurvedic medicine. Indian Journal of History of Science 32, 1-28.
3. Chinsembu, K.C., Faul, A., 2010. Iron starvation induces expression of a putative xylanase gene in Salmonella enterica subsp. Enteric serovar Enteritidis mini-transposon5 lacZ1 mutants. International Journal of Genetics and Molecular Biology 2, 140-146.
4. Davies, K.J.A., Sevanian, A., Muakkassah-Kelly, S.F., Hochstein, P., 1986. Uric acid-iron ion complexes. A new aspect of the antioxidant functions of uric acid. Biochemical Journal. 235, 747-754.
5. Donald, P., Irving, M.B., 1997. Handbook of Stainless Steels. Mc-Graw Hill, New York.
6. Dutta, D., Devi, S.S., Krishnamurthi, K., Chakrabarti, T., 2006. Anticlastogenic effect of redistilled cow's urine distillate in human peripheral lymphocytes challenged with manganese dioxide and hexavalent chromium. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 19, 487-494.
7. Geisser, P., 1990. In vitro studies on interactions of iron salts and complexes with food-stuffs and medicaments. Arzneimittel-Forschung 40, 754-760.
8. Heather, M.B., Bryan, F.A., Edward, N.B., 2003. Dealing with iron: common structural principles in proteins that transport iron and heme. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100, 3579-3583.
9. Jarald, E., Edwin, S., Tiwari, V., Garg, R., Toppo, E., 2008. Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of cow urine. Global Journal of Pharmacology 2, 20-22.
10. Lever, A.B.P., 1984. Inorganic Electronic Spectroscopy, 2nd edn. Elsevier, London.
11. Lieberman, M., Marks, A.D., Smith, C., 2007. Mark's Essentials of Medical Biochemistry: A Clinical Approach. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Maryland.
12. Papanikolaou, G., Pantopoulos, K., 2005. Iron metabolism and toxicity. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 202, 199-211.
13. Pineda, O., Ashmead, H.D., 2001. Effectiveness of treatment of iron-de.ciency anemia in infants and young children with ferrous bis-glycinate chelate. Nutrition 15, 381-384.
14. Rajan, K.S., Dhasandhan, K., Srivastava, S.N., Pitchumani, B., 2008. Studies on gas-solid heat transfer during pneumatic conveying. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 51, 2801-2813.
15. Rajan, K.S., Pitchumani, B., Srivastava, S.N., Mohanty, B., 2007. Two-dimensional simulation of gas-solid heat transfer in pneumatic conveying. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 50, 967-976.
16. Sarkar, P.K., Chaudhary, A.K., 2010. Ayurvedic bhasmas: the most ancient application of nanomedicine. Journal of Scienti.c & Industrial Research 69, 901-905.
17. Senthil Kumar, C., Moorthi, C., Prabhu, P.C., Benoto Jonson, D., Venkatnarayan, R., 2011. Standardization of anti-arthritic herbo-mineral preparation. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences 2, 679-684.
18. Sharma, P.V., 2003. Caraka Samhitā, 8th edn. Chaukhambha Orientalia, Varanasi.
19. Sharma, S., 1994. In: Rasa Tarangini (Ed.), 5th edn. Motilal Banarasi Das, Varanasi.
20. Singh, N., Reddy, K.R.C., 2011. Particle size estimation and elemental analysis of Lauha bhasma. International Journal of Research in Ayurveda & Pharmacy 2, 30-35.