Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants, Volume 24: Standardization of Herbal / Ayurvedic Formulations

About this book

Drug discovery has been an essential pursuit of mankind since prehistoric times. The quality control standards of various medicinal plants used in indigenous system of drug are becoming more relevant today in view of commercialization of formulations based on medicinal plants. Efficacy and safety are the other two points to be taken care for the standardization of the herbal drugs. Current research on standardized preparations has also discovered newer biological activities with the plant extract, as well as isolated constituents. Thus, quantification of lead molecules of different medicinal plants use in herbal preparations lead to the standardization of the herbal formulation in terms of chemical constituents. An attempt for the standardization of polyherbal formulation has therefore, been presented in the volume with respect to the active principles of the medicinal plants used.

Contents

- Recent Progress in Standardization of Herbal Formulations (INDIA)
- Recent Approaches in Herbal Drug Standardization (India)
- Quality Control and Standardization of Herbal Drugs: A Thrust Area (INDIA)
- Quantification of Plumbagin in Plumbago zeylanica L. 61by RP-HPLC Method (INDIA)
- Picrorhiza kurroa - Phytochemical and Pharmacological Evaluation (INDIA)
- Chemistry and Pharmacology of Black Pepper: The King of Spices (BRAZIL)
- Pharmacological Study of Fructus schizandrae and Innovation of Novel Anti-hepatitis Drug (CHINA)
- Induction of Novel Metabolites by P-450 Inhibitors in Cultured Roots of Stephania cepharantha and Menispermum dauricum (JAPAN)
- Advances in Medical Treatment with Plant Based Natural Products (INDIA)
- Role of Medicinal Plants and their Constituents in the Understanding and Evolution of Pharmacology and the Autonomic Nervous System (CANADA)
- Effects of Harpagophytum procumbens (Devils' Claw) on the Cyclooxygenase and Lipoxygenase Pathways of the Arachidonic Acid Cascade (UK)
- Antituberculous Activity of Some Plant Extracts (INDIA)
- Withania somnifera - from Ayurveda Towards Western Medical Practice: A Systematic Review (SWEDEN)
- Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) A Review and its Potential as a Crop in Scotland (UK)
- Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) a Plant of the Future (EGYPT)
- Andrographis paniculata (Kalmegh) A Traditional Hepatoprotective Medicinal Herb of India (INDIA)
- Phytochemical and Antioxidant Characterization of Brassica oleracea var. costata Extracts (PORTUGALM, SPAIN)
- The Role of Galactomannan Seed Gums in Diet and Health - A Review (NEW ZEALAND)
- Medicinal Properties of the Plants of the Genus Phyllanthus (MALAYSIA)
- Functional Properties of Dietary Fibre Isolated from Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ex Poiret Through Different Extraction Procedures (ARGENTINA)
- Study of Hypoglycemic Effect of Aloe vera L. in Murine (MEXICO)
- Triterpenes: A Re-emerging Health Aid (INDIA)
- Immunomodulatory Activities Induced by Andrographis paniculata (CHILE)
- Effects of Chinese Herbal Ultra-fine Powder as a Dietary Additive on Gut Microbiota in Early-weaned Piglets (CHINA, CANADA)

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