Standardization of Herbal Medicine: A Concise Review

The medicinal plants have enormous commercial potentials throughout the world. In addition, they are also the source of chemical intermediate needed for the production of some drugs. As the risks and the deficiencies of modern medicine have started getting more apparent, majority of formulation are p repared from herbs. In the global perspective herbal medicines and products has been enjoying renascence among the clients owing to its natural origin and lesser side effects for healthy living. The medicaments however, suffer from lack of standardization parameters and proper documentation based on scientific screening procedures. The main limitation is the lack of standardization of raw materials, of processing methods and of the final products, dosage formulation, and the nonexistence of criteria for qua lity control. Along with increased interest in herbal medicine there has been an explosion in the amount of literature on the subject and quality control is of utmost essential in this respect over the world. Herbal medicines are not a simple task since ma ny factors influence the biological efficacy and reproducible therapeutic effect. Standardized herbal products of consistent quality and containing well -defined constituents are required for reliable clinical trials and to provide consistent beneficial the rapeutic effects. Quality control measures covers; many aspects of drug manufacture, distribution and, sale is not restricted to final product analysis either regulatory or otherwise, while engaging in this chore, it must be realized that some of the Quali ty control practices that work excellently either modern drug may not be appropriate with Herbal drugs. Abstract The medicinal plants have enormous commercial potentials throughout the world. In addition, they are also the source of chemical intermediate needed for the production of some drugs. As the risks and the deficiencies of modern medicine have started getting more apparent, majority of formulation are p repared from herbs. In the global perspective herbal medicines and products has been enjoying renascence among the clients owing to its natural origin and lesser side effects for healthy living. The medicaments however, suffer from lack of standardization parameters and proper documentation based on scientific screening procedures. The main limitation is the lack of standardization of raw materials, of processing methods and of the final products, dosage formulation, and the nonexistence of criteria for qua lity control. Along with increased interest in herbal medicine there has been an explosion in the amount of literature on the subject and quality control is of utmost essential in this respect over the world. Herbal medicines are not a simple task since ma ny factors influence the biological efficacy and reproducible therapeutic effect. Standardized herbal products of consistent quality and containing well -defined constituents are required for reliable clinical trials and to provide consistent beneficial the rapeutic effects. Quality control measures covers; many aspects of drug manufacture, distribution and, sale is not restricted to final product analysis either regulatory or otherwise, while engaging in this chore, it must be realized that some of the Quali ty control practices that work excellently either modern drug may not be appropriate with Herbal drugs. Abstract The medicinal plants have enormous commercial potentials throughout the world. In addition, they are also the source of chemical intermediate needed for the production of some drugs. As the risks and the deficiencies of modern medicine have started getting more apparent, majority of formulation are p repared from herbs. In the global perspective herbal medicines and products has been enjoying renascence among the clients owing to its natural origin and lesser side effects for healthy living. The medicaments however, suffer from lack of standardization parameters and proper documentation based on scientific screening procedures. The main limitation is the lack of standardization of raw materials, of processing methods and of the final products, dosage formulation, and the nonexistence of criteria for qua lity control. Along with increased interest in herbal medicine there has been an explosion in the amount of literature on the subject and quality control is of utmost essential in this respect over the world. Herbal medicines are not a simple task since ma ny factors influence the biological efficacy and reproducible therapeutic effect. Standardized herbal products of consistent quality and containing well -defined constituents are required for reliable clinical trials and to provide consistent beneficial the rapeutic effects. Quality control measures covers; many aspects of drug manufacture, distribution and, sale is not restricted to final product analysis either regulatory or otherwise, while engaging in this chore, it must be realized that some of the Quali ty control practices that work excellently either modern drug may not be appropriate with Herbal drugs.