Evaluation of herbal medicinal products : perspectives on quality, safety, and efficacy

"This book presents a structural approach to the evaluation of herbal medicinal products for quality, safety and efficacy. There has been an enormous growth in the market for herbal medicinal products in the last twenty five years. However the rediscovery of natural substances with therapeutic...

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Main Authors: Houghton, Peter J. (Author), Mukherjee, Pulok K. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Chicago : Pharmaceutical Press , 2009
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245 0 0 |a Evaluation of herbal medicinal products :   |b perspectives on quality, safety, and efficacy   |c edited by Pulok K. Mukherjee, Peter J. Houghton 
260 |a London ; Chicago :   |b Pharmaceutical Press ,   |c 2009 
300 |a xv, 502 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. Overview of various types of traditional medicine -- 2. Pharmacological evaluation for some therapeutic areas -- 3. Product development -- 4. Evaluation of quality and safety 
520 |a "This book presents a structural approach to the evaluation of herbal medicinal products for quality, safety and efficacy. There has been an enormous growth in the market for herbal medicinal products in the last twenty five years. However the rediscovery of natural substances with therapeutic potential has raised questions of quality, safety and efficacy on the part of the consumer and also from health professionals. This book brings together current thinking and practice in these areas highlighting current research. In the light of increasing legislation to enforce better standards for these products and the demand by legislators and the public for assurance of safe and effective use, this book seeks to provide a state-of-the-art review, which informs and guides those who seek to promote their use. This book also gives an overview of the place of ethno pharmacology in the development of herbal medicinal products and discusses good agricultural and collection practices, marker analysis and stability testing which contribute to assessment of good quality of these materials." -- Publisher description 
650 0 |a Drugs   |x Testing 
650 0 |a Herbs   |x Therapeutic use 
650 0 |a Pharmacognosy 
650 1 2 |a Phytotherapy 
650 2 2 |a Drug Evaluation   |x methods 
650 2 2 |a Pharmacognosy   |x methods 
650 2 2 |a Plant Extracts   |x standards 
650 2 2 |a Plants, Medicinal 
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700 1 |a Mukherjee, Pulok K. ,   |e author 
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