Quality Control and Evaluation of Herbal Drugs
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Quality Control and Evaluation of Herbal Drugs

Evaluating Natural Products and Traditional Medicine

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eBook - ePub

Quality Control and Evaluation of Herbal Drugs

Evaluating Natural Products and Traditional Medicine

About this book

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

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Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Preface
  6. Foreword
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Chapter 1: Traditional Systems of Medicine and Harmonization
  9. Chapter 2: Ethnopharmacology and Ethnomedicine-Inspired Drug Development
  10. Chapter 3: Quality Evaluation of Herbal Medicines: Challenges and Opportunities
  11. Chapter 4: Qualitative Analysis for Evaluation of Herbal Drugs
  12. Chapter 5: Morphological and Microscopical Evaluations
  13. Chapter 6: Extraction and Other Downstream Procedures for Evaluation of Herbal Drugs
  14. Chapter 7: Bioactive Phytocomponents and Their Analysis
  15. Chapter 8: Thin-Layer Chromatography for Evaluation of Herbal Drugs
  16. Chapter 9: High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) for Analysis of Herbal Drugs
  17. Chapter 10: High-Performance Liquid Chromatography for Analysis of Herbal Drugs
  18. Chapter 11: LC–MS: A Rapid Technique for Understanding the Plant Metabolite Analysis
  19. Chapter 12: Chemoprofiling and Marker Analysis for Quality Evaluation of Herbal Drugs
  20. Chapter 13: Bioassay-Guided Isolation and Evaluation of Herbal Drugs
  21. Chapter 14: Therapeutic Evaluation of Herbs With Enzyme Inhibition Studies
  22. Chapter 15: Evaluation of Herbal Drugs for Antimicrobial and Parasiticidal Effects
  23. Chapter 16: Antiviral Evaluation of Herbal Drugs
  24. Chapter 17: Plant Metabolomics and Quality Evaluation of Herbal Drugs
  25. Chapter 18: Safety-Related Quality Issues for the Development of Herbal Drugs
  26. Chapter 19: Quality Assurance of Herbal Drugs and Stability Testing
  27. Chapter 20: Phyto-Pharmaceuticals, Nutraceuticals and Their Evaluation
  28. Chapter 21: Regulatory Harmonization and Good Quality Practices for the Development of Herbal Medicine
  29. Index