Pharmacopoeial Standards for Venpucani Ilakam - A classical Siddha medicine

Belief on the therapeutic values of herbal medicine is in increasing trend and consumption traditional also upward trend. The quality control assurance these medicines a prime criterion for any drug manufacturer. Venpucani ilakam (VPI) classical poly Siddha under category Ilakam (Legiyam Ayurveda). This combination 18 ingredients plants animal origins. An attempt was made to prepare with authenticated subjected physicochemical analysis, thin layer chromatographic photo documentation high performance finger printing. TLC defatted chloroform extract showed nine spots UV 254, ten 366 nm eleven after derivatization vanillin sulphuric acid; success ethanol five short wavelength, six long wavelength seven derivatization. HPTLC printing recorded peaks 254 nm, seventeen fifteen extract; eight extract. About twenty three percent loss weight observed heating at 105oC acidic nature. Not less than fourty percentage soluble alcohol water. has wide use derived results may serve as reference standards.