Standardization of Centella Asiatica (L.) urban with market potential using thermal methods of analysis

Abstract

Thermal analytical methods are holding the main contribution in the characterization and evaluation of medicinal plants and its qualities. The analytical systems TGA and DTA have been used for standardization of the medicinal plant Centella Asiatica (L.) Urban with market potential. The experiments were carried out on the genuine, collected from herb resources, and on the commercially available market samples. TGA and DTA curves were taken from the range of 35 – 600 °C and showed the decomposition pattern corresponding to the physicochemical behavior of herb.