Comparative Phytochemical Analysis and Antioxidant Activities of Tamalakyadi Decoction with Its Modified Dosage Forms
Table 2
Phytochemical screening of Tamalakyadi decoction and its modified dosage forms.
Phyto constituents
Test
TD
FDF-TD
SDF-TD
GSF-TD
Saponins
Frothing test
+++ High
+++ High
+ Present
++ Moderate
Tannins
FeCl3 test
+++ (Blue black precipitate)
+++ (Blue black precipitate)
+++ (Blue black precipitate)
+++ (Blue black precipitate)
Vanillin test
Negative
Pb(OAc)2 test
+++ (Yellow precipitate)
++ (Yellow precipitate)
+++ (Yellow precipitate)
++ (Yellow precipitate)
Phenols
Vanillin test
Negative
Pb(OAc)2 test
+++ (Yellow precipitate)
++ (Yellow precipitate)
+++ (Yellow precipitate)
++ (Yellow precipitate)
Alkaloids
Tannic acid test
++ (yellow precipitate)
++ (yellow precipitate)
+ (yellow precipitate)
++ (yellow precipitate)
Picric acid test
+++ (yellow precipitate)
+++ (yellow precipitate)
+ (yellow precipitate)
++ (yellow precipitate)
Wagner test
+++ (red colour)
+++ (red colour)
++ (red colour)
++ (red colour)
Flavonoids
Test (a)
+++ (Yellow colour)
+++ (Yellow colour)
++ (Yellow colour)
++ (Yellow colour)
Test (b)
++ (Orange colour)
+++ (Orange colour)
+ (Orange colour)
++ (Orange colour)
Terpenoids
Salkowski test
+++ (reddish brown colour)
+++ (reddish brown colour)
++ (reddish brown colour)
++ (reddish brown colour)
Sesquiterpenes test
++ (reddish brown colour)
+++ (reddish brown colour)
+ (reddish brown colour)
++ (reddish brown colour)
Steroids
Test (a)
+++ (violet colour)
+++ (violet colour)
++ (violet colour)
++ (violet colour)
Liebermann Burchard Test
+++ (Dark bluish green colour)
+++ (Dark bluish green colour)
++ (Dark bluish green colour)
++ (Dark bluish green colour)
Cardiac glycosides
Reddish brown ring formed
Reddish brown ring formed
Reddish brown ring formed
Reddish brown ring formed
-ve: negative, +: positive in low level, ++: positive in moderate level, +++: positive in high level. TD: Tamalakyadi Decoction, FDF-TD: Freeze Dried Form of Tamalakyadi Decoction, SDF-TD: Spray Dried Form of Tamalakyadi Decoction, GSF-TD: Ganasara Form of Tamalakyadi Decoction.
