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Pharmacognosy 2018 American Journal of Ethnomedicine
ISSN: 2348-9502 Page 108
April 16-17, 2018
Amsterdam, Netherlands
6th Edition of International Conference on
Pharmacognosy and
Medicinal Plants
In spite of recent developments of antibiotics and newer
synthetic drugs, a vast majority of people depend on traditional
medicines for their primary health care needs and it can safely
presumed that a major part of traditional therapy involves the
use of plant extracts or their active principles. In the recent
years with ever growing commercialization in the field of herbal
medicines, there has been an instant demand for quality control
of the drugs used in this system. The studies on the identity,
purity and quality of the genuine drug will enhance information
in checking the adulteration. A set of standards would not doubt
be detterent on substitution and adulteration and also an aid for
‘drug law enforcement’. The present talk incorporates study from
birth of the plant to its clinical application which is a dire need
for all concerned to have knowledge of GAP, GFCP, GLP, CGMP
and the possible adulterations. All modern instrumentation used
for quality control will be discussed with special reference to
GC/MS for aromatic plants. Besides above protocols , this study
deals with approaches towards establishing the safety and quality
starting from preliminary examination of a medicinal plant, its
morpho-anatomical, pharmacognostic, physicochemical and
analytical parameters, foreign organic matter, pesticide residue,
radioactive and microbial contamination, chemical assay,
finger printing of different extractives using modern extractors,
chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques, phytochemical
screening, quantitative analysis of inorganic constituents and
standardization with special reference to marker compounds
in plant species and their fingerprinting along with its modern
perspectives. Different stages, i.e. quality control studies of raw
medicinal plant, controlled studies on method of processing,
qualitycontrolstudiesoffinishedphytomedicines,standardization
procedures at each stage from birth of the medicinal plant up
to clinical application of herbal medicine have been described.
Emphases have been given on the protocols which are required
for registration of phytomedicines.
Quality control and standardization of medicinal and aromatic
plants—from cultivation of medicinal plants to its clinical
application
Mohammad Kamil
TCAM Research Section, UAE
Am J Ethnomed 2018, Volume 5
DOI: 10.21767/2348-9502-C1-006