umesh patil
Dr. H.S. Gour Vishwavidyalaya, india
Title: Recent Challenges and Advances in Quality control & Standardization of Herbal products
Biography
Biography: umesh patil
Abstract
The full potentials of the herbal products are mainly not utilized due to the insufficient knowledge of the holistic quality & chemical composition of most herbal products. The growth potentials of the herbal product industry can only be achieved if the composition of herbal product is standardized in order to ensure proper quality control and accountability. In recent years more people throughout world have realized to use herbal products in health care system. Worldwide need of alternative medicine has resulted in growth of herbal product markets and interest in traditional systems of medicine. Herbal drug technology is used for converting botanical materials into medicines, where standardization and quality control with proper integration of modern scientific techniques and traditional knowledge is important. In order to prove constant composition of herbal preparations, adequate analytical methods such as photometric analysis, thin layer chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, DNA fingerprinting and metabolomics are used. Phytochemical standardization encompasses all possible information generated with regard to the chemical constituents present in herbal products. In recent years World Health Organization and many herbal industries worldwide have emphasized on the importance of qualitative and quantitative methods for characterizing the samples, quantification of the biomarkers, chemical markers and the fingerprint profiles. If principle active components are known, it is most logical to quantify these compounds. My talk will cover current trends, challenges and advances in quality control and standardization of herbal products.