Pharmacophore an International Research Journal
Balsamic resin obtained from certain tropical Asian trees of the genus Styrax and used in perfumery and medicine. It has been observed that several malpractices exist in market during sale of benzoin, which is typically known as “Dhoop” in the folks. Market is flooded with the adulterated benzoin. Considering the above observations, objective of our experiment is to check and detect the purity of the products under consideration in experiment. Thus, though malpractices are occurring in various forms, this experiment helps in identifying a part of adulterations taking place under the name of pure benzoin or pure dhoop in the market. In this experiment we have selected various samples A, B, C and D from market. For identification and purity of samples we performed various tests like morphological test, chemical quantitative test, standardization and estimation of total balsamic acid. By performing different quantitative and qualitative analysis it was found that all samples under consideration were adulterated. Though this experiment it was confirmed that malpractices exist in market. The samples collected from local market were found in different size, shape, color, solubility and some proximate values.
