Herbal drugs: Standards and regulation |
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| Authors: | Niharika Sahoo Padmavati Manchikanti Satyahari Dey |
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| Institution: | 1. Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721302, West Bengal, India;2. Department of Biotechnology, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721302, West Bengal, India |
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| Abstract: | The use of herbal drugs for the prevention and treatment of various health ailments has been in practice from time immemorial. Generally it is believed that the risk associated with herbal drugs is very less, but reports on serious reactions are indicating to the need for development of effective marker systems for isolation and identification of the individual components. Standards for herbal drugs are being developed worldwide but as yet there is no common consensus as to how these should be adopted. Standardization, stability and quality control for herbal drugs are feasible, but difficult to accomplish. Further, the regulation of these drugs is not uniform across countries. There are variations in the methods used across medicine systems and countries in achieving stability and quality control. The present study attempts to identify the evolution of technical standards in manufacturing and the regulatory guideline development for commercialization of herbal drugs. |
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| Keywords: | Herbal drug Drug regulation Traditional medicine Herbal drug harmonization |
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