Formulation and Evaluation of Herbal Tablet From Butea Monosperma

The aim of the current study is to formulate herbal tablets containing Butea Monosperma flower powder by direct compression method by using suitable excipients. Butea Monosperma flower contain antidiarrheal, anthelmintic, anti-diabetic, anti-stress, hepatoprotective, antifungal, astringent, laxative and stomach pain relieving activity, etc activities. These flowers of Butea Monosperma are dried for 3-4 day under sun light and size is reduced by using mixer grinder and converted to coarse powder and passed through sieve no. #100, #80, #60, #44. This collected powder and various excipient are used for preparing tablets. These prepared tablets were evaluated by using different evaluation tests like hardness, thickness, friability, weight variation. The powder was free from all kind of microorganisms and antimicrobial activity performed showed that flowers of plant Butea Monosperma did not show antimicrobial activity against gram positive organism staphylococcus aureus and bacillus subtills and E coli.