Abstract

Bhasmais Metallo-medicine and made from metals and minerals. Rajatbhasma or Silver Bhasma belongs to a group of nanoparticles that have medicinal values and are used in Ayurveda as Drugs against various ailments. Clerodendrum inermea traditionally well-accepted plant is used extensivelyin ayurvedic therapeutic formulations, but till date no major steps have been carried out to validate the scientific relevance of synthesized nanoparticles from Rajatbhasma using C. inerme. Therefore, in the present study biosynthesized nanoparticles were characterized by UV–Vis spectroscopy, SEM, FESEM and EDX analysis whereas, a comparative study has also been made to check the antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of synthesized silver and rajatbhasma nanoparticle. The SEM and FESEM analysis revealed that the synthesized nanoparticles are well shaped and the average particle size ranges between 30–90 nm and 10-50 nm respectively. In the case of EDX analysis, the highest peak at ~3Kev in the case of synthesized silver and rajatbhasma nanoparticle supports the formation of silver nanoparticles. Subsequently, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the synthesized nanoparticles showed excellent results when compared to the standard. The obtained results may provide support in the field of therapeutics and drug delivery and might prove beneficial as a novel drug candidate against bacterial infection in the future.

Highlights

  • Ayurveda means “The Science of Life” in Sanskrit and probably be the oldest healing science

  • It is hard to conclude about anti-oxidant or free radical scavenging property based on a single experimental model

  • The functional groups of leaf extract that are involved in the reduction of silver ion for nanosilver formation are mainly responsible for its antioxidant activity

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Introduction

Ayurveda means “The Science of Life” in Sanskrit and probably be the oldest healing science It has been developed in Vedic culture and Ayurveda therapies have been mentioned in various Indian mythology. A section of the Ayurveda deals with various metal and non-metal formulations mixed with herbs called Bhasmas It is a unique ayurvedic medical practice known as ayurvedic knowledge that passes from generation to generation verbally (Vayalil et al, 2002). Rajatbhasma (RB) is very important and RB is used as Ayurvedic Drug against various diseases like antistress, anti-anxiety, neuroprotective activity, etc. This Ayurvedic drug is used in eye diseases, cough, jaundice, anemia, psychological diseases, abdominal diseases, liver and kidney problems (Pal et al, 2014)

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