TY - JOUR AU - Reddy, K. Ramachandra PY - 2023/03/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Energy-Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis of a Herbal Antimicrobial: Fifatrol JF - Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics (AJP) JA - AJP VL - 17 IS - 1 SE - ORIGINAL ARTICLES DO - 10.22377/ajp.v17i1.4717 UR - https://asiapharmaceutics.info/index.php/ajp/article/view/4717 SP - AB - <p>Ayurveda is a natural system of medicine, which is acceptable worldwide now days. Most of the medications used in this<br>traditional system belong to natural drugs derived from the plants and other natural resources. These naturally derived<br>antimicrobial drugs are equally effective as the other synthetically designed drugs of other medicinal systems against the<br>different microbes. A detailed compositional analysis of any drug is very necessary to establish its role. Energy-dispersive<br>X-ray (EDX) or energy-dispersive spectroscopy is a kind of microanalysis of any elemental structure. It is based on the<br>detection of characteristic X-rays generated under electron microscopy. It provides both quantitative as well as qualitative<br>information in elemental analysis. It is very important and useful technique to study a new drug to understand the drug<br>delivery as well as nanoparticles in composition of any drug. In the present study, we have used a plant based extract<br>antimicrobial drug named Fifatrol for detailed compositional analysis by EDX microanalysis under scanning electron<br>microscope to see the different proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory elements such as Ca, S, O, Na, and B.</p> ER -