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India is one of the countries in the world distinguished for immense miscellany amongst plants. Less number of plants is studied for their medicinal values as compared to the total number of different varieties of plants found in the universe. In our present study, the plant Abutilon indicum (Family- Malvaceae) was subjected for determination of physico-chemical parameters. The total ash value, acid soluble ash value, alcohol extractive value and water extractive values were determined. The Abutilon leaves were also subjected for phytochemical screening. Methanolic, petroleum ether and chloroformic extracts were selected for the present study as this plant possesses several secondary metabolites like alkaloids, glycosides, phenols, steroids, terpenoids, saponins, flavanoids and proteins. The petroleum ether extract confirmed the presence of sterols, terpenoids and alkaloids. The chloroform extract showed the presence of alkaloids, sterols, flavonoids and glycosides while the methanol extract confirmed the presence of carbohydrates, flavonoids, tannins, phenolic compounds, proteins and amino acids.

Aavaraivithaadhi Chooranam is the classical Siddha medicine used in the treatment of Diabetes mellitus. The aim of the present study was to standardize the Siddha herbal drug formulation Aavaraivithaadhi chooranam by subjecting the drug to various studies like analyzing its organoleptic character, Physicochemical and Instrumental analytical studies like Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Energy Dispersing X-Ray Analyser (EDAX) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and the results were noted. The Total Ash value was10.2 %±0.25, Acid Insoluble Ash value was 07.9 %±0.74, Water soluble ash value was 3.4 %±0.08, Alcohol soluble Extractive was 5.78% ±0.39, water soluble ash value was8.18% ±0.58; Loss on drying at 105ºc was 0.0566 %±0.007. The SEM analysis shows the presence of micro particles and its morphology and topography is revealed, EDAX results shows the presence of compounds such as Carbon, Oxygen, Zinc, Magnesium, Calcium, Iron, Potassium, Silica which is responsible for its activity. FTIR analysis revealed the functional groups present through the bonds and stretches which may be the reason for its therapeutic effect. Standardization is an important analytical tool for the identification of the drug. This study brings the effective standardization of the Siddha Herbal formulation through the standard modern analytical studies thus bringing the siddha drug to the next level.