Formulation and Physico-chemical Standardization of Viburnum Coriaceum Bark Arista

The barks of V.coriaceum were collected from Nilgiri hills, Tamil Nadu, India. A primary organic analysis conducted on the species revealed that the presence of bio-active molecules such as tannins, saponins, phenolic compounds (flavonoids) and other phenolic glycosides as their principal phyto-constituents. The crude drug (Patha) was formulated in to an arista using conventional anaerobic fermentation process for about 60 days. Apart from some traditional methods of standardization of arista, a new approach was made to select about thirteen numbers of physical, physico-chemical including organoleptic and primary organic analysis were attempted with the arista to obtain a reproduciable and consistant results and the same were recorded. The current study may act as a referential tool for how to find out novel methods of standardization of ayurvedic liquid formulations such as Arista and Asava.