Open AccessQuality control aspects of herbs and botanicals in developing countries: Coleus forskohlii Briq a case study
Author(s) -
Ennus Tajuddin Tamboli,
Karishma Chester,
Sayeed Ahmad
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.168020
Subject(s) - coleus , traditional medicine , medicinal plants , pharmacopoeia , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , biology , botany , alternative medicine , pathology
Current trend of commercialization of herbal medicines draw a huge need of maintaining their quality. The declaration of quality, safety and efficacy of medicinal plants as well as poly-herbal formulations has become an important issue. Hence, qualitative and quantitative analysis of herbal drugs and formulations viz., fingerprint profiles and quantification of the various markers become key factors of quality control.