Vishamusthi (Strychnos nux-vomica Linn.), a medicinal plant described as Upavisha (semi-poisonous) group of Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia India. has widely been used and being practiced in several illness namely nervous debility, paralysis, weakness limbs, sexual weakness, dyspepsia etc. Ayurveda practices strictly recommend the use therapeutics only after proper shodhana (purificatory procedure) thr...

T HAS BEEN OUR EXPERIENCE (1) that accurate measurement on large numbers of samples in a minimum amount of working time per specimen can be achieved consistently in the analysis of protein-bound iodine by means of alkaline incineration. However, with the use of incineration, where many samples may be exposed simultaneously in enclosed spaces such as centrifuges, drying ovens, and muffle furnace...