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QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF COPPER EXTRACTION FROM THURISU (COPPER SULPHATE) IN TRADITIONAL METHOD

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Kesavarajan S, Carolin P, Prasath S, Mariappan A
ยป doi: 10.48047/AFJBS.6.8.2024.3038-3044

Abstract

Siddha system of medicine is one of the ancient system of medicine in southern part of India. The medicine used in this system contains herbal, metals, minerals and animal products. Among them, copper (Chembu) is one of the metal used for Severe asthma, cancer, gastrointestinal ulcers, and eye disorders in the form of Chembu parpam or chendooram is used. Recent studies have demonstrated that elemental copper undergoes a variety of procedures described in the literature to transform into nanometal complexes that are non-toxic at low concentrations.The aim of the study, to extract copper from copper sulphate(Thurisu) by kadukkai powder(Terminalia chebula) traditional method. The result showed extracted metal contains major element Copper 74% and Octa carbon 26% and there is minimal amount of heavy metals like mercury, lead, cadmium and Arsenic. Extraction of Copper took period of 2 days and 470 gm of copper was extracted by kadukkai powder method from 1 kg of copper sulphate. This method is using by traditional healers to reduce toxicity of copper and which in increases the potency of medicine. This study is the preliminary analytic study for further explorative study on the extraction of copper from copper sulphate by kadukkai powder method.

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