A REVIEW: QUALITY CONTROL AND STANDARDIZATION OF HERBAL DRUG

Abstract

The “herbal drug” is termed as a plant or part of plants that have been converted into phytopharmaceuticals by simply means of processes involving collection or harvesting, drying and storage. There is a great importance of herbal medicines in today’s era. To avoid the adulteration and substitution standardization of herbal takes place. Standardization confirmed the quality and purity of herbal drugs. There are different analytical techniques for standardization of herbal drug like HPLC, HPTLC, TLC, GC-MS, LC-MS etc. Quality refers to the condition of a drug and is based on its collection, storage and processing. Definitions of three important pharmacopoeias such as identity, purity and active ingredient content. WHO provides guideline for herbal drug assessment 1) Quality control assessment 2) safety assessment 3) Toxicity assessment 4) Stability assessment. There are different evaluation parameters of herbal drug A) Physical Evaluation B) Chemical Evaluation C) Morphological Evaluation D) Analytical Evaluation etc. Different herbal medicine preparation available in market like Zandu Balm, Chyawanprash, Herbal shampoo, skin care products, Ointment, Oil, Liquid extract etc. Today around 80% population depends on herbal medicine. “The Considerable thing about herbal drug is that its Treatment always yield harmless benefits, not harmful effects.