Open AccessStandardization of Herbal Drugs – A Overview
Author(s) -
D. Umamaheswari,
Raji Muthuraja,
Manish Kumar,
B. S. Venkateswarlu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of pharmaceutical sciences review and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0976-044X
DOI - 10.47583/ijpsrr.2021.v68i01.033
Subject(s) - standardization , traditional medicine , medicinal plants , phytochemical , medicine , medicinal herbs , quality assurance , pharmacology , microbiology and biotechnology , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , biology , external quality assessment , pathology , operating system
The medicinal plants are important source for pharmaceutical manufacturing. Medicinal plants & herbal medicines account for asignificant percentage of the pharmaceutical market. As the side effects of Synthetic medicine have started getting more apparent,majority of formulation are prepared from herbs. The herbal medicines however, suffer from lack of standardization parameters. The main limitation is the lack of standardization of raw materials, of processing methods and of the final products, dosage formulation,and the non existence of criteria for quality control. Herbal formulations have reached extensive acceptability as therapeutic agents for several diseases. The development of authentic analytical methods which can reliably profile the phytochemical composition, including quantitative analyses of marker/bioactive compounds and other major constituents, is a major challenge to scientists. Standardization is an important step for the establishment of a consistent biological activity, a consistent chemical profile, or simply a quality assurance program for production and manufacturing of herbal drugs.