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“Advanced Methods for Standardizing Herbal Medicines: A Detailed Review”

Author(s) Mr. Ajeet Singh, Mr. Kartik Agarwal, Prof. Dr. Dr Avneesh Kumar, Mr. Lavkush Kumar Pal, Prof. Dr. Ruchi Singh, Prof. Dr. Manju Pandey, Mr. Peer Mohammad
Country India
Abstract The term “herbal drugs” denotes plants or plant parts that have been converted into Phyto pharmaceuticals by means of simple processes involving harvesting, drying, and storage. A practical addition to the defini-tion is also to include other crude products derived from plants, which no longer show any organic struc-ture, such as essential oils, fatty oils, resins, and gums. There is increasing awareness and general accepta-bility of the use of herbal drugs in today’s medical practice. Although, most of these applications are unor-thodox, it is however a known fact that over 80% of the world population depends on herbal medicines and products for healthy living. This rise in the use of herbal product has also given rise to various forms of abuse and adulteration of the products leading to consumers and manufacturers disappointment and in some instances fatal consequences. The challenge is innumerable and enormous, making the global herbal mar-ket unsafe. Evaluation of herbal drug is an important tool in the formulation of high-quality herbal prod-ucts. This review seeks to enlighten stakeholders in herbal medicine on the need to establish quality param-eters with the help of advanced analytical tools and well-defined standardization methods in ensuring the safety of the global herbal market. The processes of good quality assurance and standardization of herbal medicines and products using various spectroscopic, chromatographic and electrophoresis methods were also discussed. In fact, the research field of quality control of herbal medicines is really interdisciplinary research. It needs crossover of chemistry, pharmacology, medicine and even statistics to provide a platform for the quality control of traditional herbal medicines and further to discover the novel therapeutics com-posed of multiple chemical compounds Medicinal plants are an important source for creating medicines. Medicinal plants and herbal treatments play a major role in the drug industry. As people have started to no-tice more side effects from man-made drugs, many medicines today are made from natural herbs. But herb-al medicines have some problems because they don't have clear standards. The big issue is that there are no fixed rules for the materials used, how they are processed, the final product, the way it's given, and there are no clear rules for checking quality. herbal treatments are commonly used for many health problems. Scientists find it hard to create reliable ways to check the chemicals in these herbs, including measuring the active parts and other main ingredients. Having clear standards is very important to make sure herbal medi-cines work the same every time, have the same chemical makeup, and meet quality rules during produc-tion.
Keywords Herbal drugs, Standardization, Quality control, Chromatography.
Field Medical / Pharmacy
Published In Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-12-14
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.63231

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