Description: Light Brown Colour Powder
Identification : Positive for Alkaloide by HPLC
Loss on drying (at 105 C): NMT 5.0 %
pH of 1% w/v Solution : 3-7
Particle Size: 100 % Pass through 60 mesh
Total Plate Count: NMT 5000 cfu/gm
Yeast and Mould : NMT 50 cfu/gm
Coliforms: Absent
E. coli: Absent
Salmonella spp.: Absent
Shigella: Absent
Heavy Metal: NMT 10 ppm
The herb is used in the Ayurvedic drug preparations, Neropar which potentiates the isometric and isotonic contraction of muscles
In Homoeopathic medicine, fresh roots are used as excellent brain and nerve tonic which tones up shattered nerves and sharpens dull memory: it is also valuable in impotency.
The roots contain: Fe 0.218: K,1.87; Mg, 0.19 and Ni,0.126mg/g dry material, along with other elements, which are reported to play a significant role in the diuretic and aphrodisiac activity of the drug.
The drug in the form of alkaloid is obtained from the dried roots.it is diuretic in function and used as a tonic for general weakness for all ages.It is a common ingredient of many ayurvedic health tonics of commerce.