Title : From traditional knowledge to pharmaceutical and phyto-pharmaceutical products special reference to quality control and standardization
Abstract:
Many studies have shown that traditional medicines can effectively treat certain diseases and often have fewer side effects than modern pharmaceuticals. This paper discussed the importance of traditional knowledge systems and their integration into modern healthcare. Globally, there has been unparalleled growth in plant-derived medicinally useful formulations, drugs, and healthcare products, its market covering more than 60% of products derived from plant origin. The existence of traditional medicine depends on plant species diversity and the related knowledge of their use as herbal medicine. In addition, both plant species and traditional knowledge are important to the herbal medicine trade and the pharmaceutical industry whereby plants provide raw materials and the traditional knowledge prerequisite information. More than 150 important plant-derived drugs used in Modern Medicine (Pharmaceutical) have been discussed. Global Herbal Supplements and Remedies Market has reached US$166.65 Billion by 2022, according to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. This paper assesses in detail the standardization aspect of Herbal Medicinal Products. The innumerable and enormous challenges making the global herbal market unsafe lead a great concern and continued work in this direction has been carried out earlier and still going on. In recent years with ever-growing commercialization in the field of herbal medicines, there has been an instant demand for quality control of drugs used in this system. This article is an attempt seeking to enlighten pharmacists, physicians, manufacturers, researchers, consumers and stakeholders in herbal medicines on the dire need to establish quality standards at each and every stage i.e. from birth of the medicinal plant to its clinical application. In the present paper, an attempt has also been made for a sequential study of the Quality Control of Medicinal Plants and Herbal Medicinal Products starting from the birth of the Medicinal Plants to their Clinical Approach, with special reference to maintaining Standardisation at every stage, as well as employ such parameters in ensuring the safety of the global herbal market.
