Herbal Drug Technology

Herbal Drug Technology
Author: Neelesh Malviya
Publisher: CBS Publishers & Distributors Private Limited
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-06-30
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9789387964334

Herbal medicine makes up an important component of the trend towards alternative medicine and is one of the ancient traditions that use nature's by-products for curing diseases. It embodies the study of botany using plant materials such as seeds, roots, leaves, bark, flowers, and oils for medicinal purposes. It is recognized by WHO as the second largest therapeutic system in use in the world. This book comprises five units: - Unit I sequentially explores relevant topics like herbs as raw materials, quality assurance in manufacture of herbal medicines and basic principles involved in Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and homeopathy preparations, and standardization of Ayurvedic formulations, such as aristas and asawas, ghutika, churna, lehya and bhasma. - Unit II provides a number of examples, general aspects, market, growth, scope and types of products available in nutraceuticals and study of herbal drug interactions and their possible side effects of hypercium, kava-kava, ginko biloba, ginseng, garlic, pepper and ephedra. - Unit III focuses on herbal cosmetics, herbal excipients and conventional herbal formulations like syrups, mixtures and tablets and novel dosage forms like phytosomes. - Unit IV primarily deals with WHO and ICH guidelines for the assessment of herbal drugs, stability testing of herbal drugs, patenting and regulatory requirements of natural products. - Unit V provides the realistic taste of current art and industrial prespectives of the herbal drugs industry, highlighting present scope and future prospects.

Herbal Drugs: Ethnomedicine to Modern Medicine

Herbal Drugs: Ethnomedicine to Modern Medicine
Author: Kishan Gopal Ramawat
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2008-11-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540791167

Considerable progress has been made in our healthcare system, in particular with respect to sensitive diagnostic tools, reagents and very effective and precise drugs. On the other hand, high-throughput screening technology can screen vast numbers of compounds against an array of targets in a very short time, and leads thus - tained can be further explored. In developing countries, the exploding population exerts pressure not only on natural resources but also on the human population - self, whose members strive to become successful and advance in society. This leads to increased blood pressure, anxiety, obesity-associated lipid disorders, cardiov- cular diseases and diabetes. Most of these diseases result in disturbed family life, including sexual behaviour. Despite technological developments, herbal drugs still occupy a preferential place in a majority of the population in the Third World and terminal patients in the West. Herbal drugs, in addition to being cost effective and easily accessible, have been used since time immemorial and have passed the test of time without having any side effects. The multitarget effects of herbs (holistic approaches) are the fun- mental basis of their utilization. This approach is already used in traditional systems of medicine like Ayurveda, which has become more popular in the West in recent years. However, the integration of modern science with traditional uses of herbal drugs is of the utmost importance if ones wishes to use ancient knowledge for the betterment of humanity.

Herbal Medicine

Herbal Medicine
Author: Iris F. F. Benzie
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2011-03-28
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1439807167

The global popularity of herbal supplements and the promise they hold in treating various disease states has caused an unprecedented interest in understanding the molecular basis of the biological activity of traditional remedies. Herbal Medicine: Biomolecular and Clinical Aspects focuses on presenting current scientific evidence of biomolecular ef

Essentials of Herbal Drug Technology

Essentials of Herbal Drug Technology
Author: Shanti Bhushan Mishra
Publisher: Educreation Publishing
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2019-01-30
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Essentials of Herbal Drug Technology is a unique attempt to arouse the interest of students in this fast developing branch of pharmacy i.e. Pharmacognosy and related fields like herbal medicine, natural products and their standardization because increasing interest in the field of herbal medicine and ayurvedic dosage forms; their standardization is utmost required. The Book provides in depth information about various guidelines of different regulatory bodies that are required in quality control of herbal drugs. This book has been written with the object that the new syllabus of the Bachelor in Pharmacy, Master in Pharmacy and doctorate in herbal medicines and their pharmacological efficacy as per PCI course curriculum is covered in reasonable detail to provide sound scientific knowledge of quality control and standardization.

Preparation of Phytopharmaceuticals for the Management of Disorders

Preparation of Phytopharmaceuticals for the Management of Disorders
Author: Chukwuebuka Egbuna
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2020-11-03
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0128202858

Preparation of Phytopharmaceuticals for the Management of Disorders: The Development of Nutraceuticals and Traditional Medicine presents comprehensive coverage and recent advances surrounding phytopharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and traditional and alternative systems of medicines. Sections cover the concepts of phytopharmaceuticals, their history, and current highlights in phytomedicine. Also included are classifications of crude drugs, herbal remedies and toxicity, traditional and alternative systems of medicine, nanotechnology applications, and herbal cosmeticology. Final sections cover applications of microbiology and biotechnology in drug discovery. This book provides key information for everyone interested in drug discovery, including medicinal chemists, nutritionists, biochemists, toxicologists, drug developers and health care professionals. Students, professors and researchers working in the area of pharmaceutical sciences and beyond will also find the book useful. - Includes the history and current highlights in phytomedicine, along with classifications of crude drugs, herbal drug technologies and herbal cosmeticology - Provides detailed information on herbal remedies and toxicity, traditional and alternative systems of medicine, and applications of microbiology and biotechnology in drug discovery - Discusses the nutritional and health benefits of nutraceuticals and how they help in the management and treatment of metabolic diseases

Meyler's Side Effects of Herbal Medicines

Meyler's Side Effects of Herbal Medicines
Author: J. K. Aronson
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2008-09-23
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0444532692

"This book summarizes the adverse effects of a large range of herbal medicines and the active ingredients that they contain. It includes extensive lists of the families of plants that are used as herbal medicines, including the Latin names of genera and species as well as the common names of individual plants. The material is drawn from the 15th edition of the internationally renowned encyclopedia, Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs: The Encyclopedia of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions, and the latest volumes in the companion series, Side Effects of Drugs Annuals."--BOOK JACKET.

Leafy Medicinal Herbs

Leafy Medicinal Herbs
Author: Dawn C P Ambrose
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2016-07-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1780645597

Medicinal herbs are rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, and are able to synthesize secondary metabolites with disease preventive properties. It is due to these qualities that herbs have been used throughout history for flavouring and in food, medicine and perfumery preparations. They are also often considered to be safe alternatives to modern medicines because of their healing properties. Though interest in medicinal and aromatic crops is growing worldwide, there is still little focus on the area of leafy medicinal herbs. This book compiles the literature for 23 globally relevant leafy medicinal herbs. Beginning with a general overview and discussion of the importance of these plants, it then handles each herb by chapter. Chapters discuss the botany of the crop, including its history and origin, geographical distribution and morphology, before focusing on the chemical composition and phytochemical attributes. They then review postharvest technology aspects such as processing and value addition, before concluding with the general and pharmacological uses for each crop. A complete compilation of the subject, this book forms a vital resource for researchers, students, farmers and industrialists in the area of leafy medicinal herbs.

Phytotherapy

Phytotherapy
Author: Francesco Capasso
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3642555284

This richly illustrated reference guide treats the subject of herbal medicines in an integrated fashion with reference to pharmacognosy, pharmacology and toxicology. It will help to enable internists, phytotherapists, physicians, healthcare practitioners as well as students to understand why, when and how herbal medicines can be used in the treatment of diseases. A great deal of pathology and therapeutic information is also included. Numerous tables as well as figures clarify complex mechanisms and other information. The most important medicinal plants and drugs are illustrated with exceptional color plates.

Quality Control and Evaluation of Herbal Drugs

Quality Control and Evaluation of Herbal Drugs
Author: Pulok K. Mukherjee
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 788
Release: 2019-05-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128133988

Quality Control and Evaluation of Herbal Drugs brings together current thinking and practices for evaluation of natural products and traditional medicines. The use of herbal medicine in therapeutics is on the rise in both developed and developing countries and this book facilitates the necessary development of quality standards for these medicines.This book elucidates on various challenges and opportunities for quality evaluation of herbal drugs with several integrated approaches including metabolomics, chemoprofiling, marker analysis, stability testing, good practices for manufacturing, clinical aspects, Ethnopharmacology and Ethnomedicine inspired drug development. Written by Prof. Pulok K Mukherjee, a leader in this field; the book highlights on various methods, techniques and approaches for evaluating the purity, quality, safety and efficacy of herbal drugs. Particular attention is paid to methods that assess these drugs' activity, the compounds responsible and their underlying mechanisms of action. The book describes the quality control parameters followed in India and other countries, including Japan, China, Bangladesh, and other Asian countries, as well as the regulatory profiles of the European Union and North America. This book will be useful in bio-prospecting of natural products and traditional medicine-inspired drug discovery and development. - Provides new information on the research and development of natural remedies - essential reading on the study and use of natural resources for preventative or healing purposes - Brings together current thinking and practices in quality control and standardization of herbal drugs highlighting several integrated approaches for metabolomics, chemo-profiling and marker analysis - Aids in developing knowledge of various techniques including macroscopy, microscopy, HPTLC, HPLC, LC-MS/MS, GC-MS etc. with the development of integrated methods for evaluation of botanicals used in traditional medicine - Assessment of herbal drugs through bio-analytical techniques, bioassay guided isolation, enzyme inhibition, pharmacological, microbiological, antiviral assays and safety related quality issues - References global organizations, such as the WHO, USFDA, CDSCO, AYUSH, TCM and others to serve as a comprehensive document for enforcement agencies, NGOs and regulatory authorities