Quality Aspects of Herbal Drugs

  • Unique Paper ID: 154284
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 10
  • PageNo: 445-452
  • Abstract:
  • The safety and efficacy of the herbal medicine is based on their quality. As there is growing demand of herbal medicines, there is a need to assure their quality. Near about 80% of the population is depending on the herbal drugs for the prevention, cure, and treatment of disease, therefore to maintain the quality of herbal drugs is vital element. So the different chemical, phytochemical tests, analytical techniques are used for determining the quality aspects of the herbal materials in the herbal pharmaceuticals. The present review is focused on the various quality control tests for herbal drugs such as organoleptic evaluation, chemical evaluation, foreign matter, stability determination, analytical evaluation, etc. we have also discussed the benefits of quality control of herbal medicines. This will assist in maintaining the quality standards of the herbal drugs, which is the challenging task and need of the moment in the quality assurance and pharmaceutical research.

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 10
  • PageNo: 445-452

Quality Aspects of Herbal Drugs

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