Title:-
Experimental measurement of Tikta Rasa(Bitter Taste)
Dr. B. K. Agashe had submitted his
dissertation for the
P.G. degree M.D. Dravyaguna (Ayurvedic Pharmacology).
His guide was Dr. A. P. Deshpande &
research center was Tilak Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Pune (M.S.) India , & submitted to University of Pune
Dr. Agashe had done an experimental study on bitter taste (Tikta rasa)
to prepare the unit & scale for quantitative measurement of tikta rasa.
10 volunteers were
selected for testing the taste of decoction & different dilutions of 14
bitter taste drugs. The criteria for
assessment of Tikta rasa was organo leptic examination through tongue. The
observations have been recorded in the tabular form.
The
research work was concluded as follows-
It had been proved that amongst 14 bitter taste drugs, chandan was the
weakest of bitter taste series & kiratatikta was the strongest of bitter
taste series.
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