Standardization of Botanicals : Testing and Extraction Methods of Medicinal Herbs, Vols. I and II
Contents: Vol. I: Preface. 1. Acorus calamus. 2. Aloe barbadensis Mill/vera Tourn Ex. Linn. 3. Andrographis paniculata (Chuanxintiant). 4. Bacopa monnieri (Herpestis monnieri Linn). 5. Boswellia serrata. 6. Cassia angustifolia Vahl. 7. Centella asiatica (Linn) urban (Hydrocotyle asiatica Linn). 8. Cissus quadrangularis Linn Syn. Vitis quadrangularis (Heliotropium indicum). 9. Commiphora mukul Gum (Guggul Gum). 10. Eclipta alba/prostata Linn. 11. Garcinia cambogia. 12. Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn. 13. Gymnema sylvestre. 14. Hypericum perforatum Linn. 15. Mucuna pruriens. 16. Passiflora incarnata Linn. 17. Phyllanthus amarus Schum/fraternus Webster. 18. Picrorhiza kurroa. 19. Polygala senega/tenuifolia Polygala chinensis (Indian Senega, Meradu). 20. Tinospora cordifolia. 21. Tribulus terrestris Fruit (Gokhru). 22. Trigonella foenum-graecum Linn. 23. Valeriana wallichii. 24. Withania somnifera. 25. Zingiber officinale Rosc. Annexures. Index of chemical constituents.
Vol. II: Preface. 1. Adhatoda Vasica Nees. 2. Aegle marmelos Linn. 3. Aesculus hippocastanum. 4. Ammi Majus. 5. Artemisia annua. 6. Asparagus racemosus willd. 7. Azadirachta indica A. Juss. 8. Coleus forskohlii (Willd.) Briq. 9. Crataeva nurvala Buch - Ham. 10. Curcuma Ionga Linn. 11. Gloriosa superba Linn. 12. Glycine Max Merrill. 13. Holarrhena antidysenterica Wall ex DC. 14. Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. 15. Matricaria recutita Linn. 16. Ocimum sanctum Linn. 17. Phyllanthus emblica Linn. 18. Piper nigrum. 19. Podophyllum Emodi Wallich. 20. Psoralea corylifolia Linn. 21. Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. 22. Sida cordifolia Linn. 23. Taxus wallichiana Zucc. 24. Terminalia Arjuna (Roxb.) Wight and Arnot. 25. Terminalia Chebula Retz. Annexures. Index of chemical constituents.
Today most extracts are chemically poorly characterized with unidentified active constituents, stability issues and erratic quality profile. To obtain biologically reproducible results in terms of safety and efficacy, the active ingredients must be the same, must be stable and devoid of unpredictable toxicity or side effects.
There is however, a lack of uniform industry standards for the testing of materials. Some organizations in various parts of the world are working on developing such testing and standardization norms but he work is far from over and as yet no statutory sanction has been provided by any country on such methods, i.e. no official herbal pharmacopoeia exists anywhere providing approved and validated testing methods with reference standards, that have official seal of approval.
This book is an attempt to provide, not only the quantitative testing methods but also chemical constituents, extraction processes, specifications of various extracts, therapeutic functions, dosage, pharmacological properties, toxicity/safety aspects and references. This book contains twenty five widely used medicinal herbs.
While there are some books available on identification, description, pharmacological action, safety aspects etc. of medicinal herbs, very few books can be found on quantitative testing of medicinal herbs. This book fills that gap in knowledge with detailed, ready to use and validated methods of analysis to be performed in a quality control laboratory. This book will be welcomed by all those who are concerned about the standardization of botanicals as it provides analytical procedures for extracts as well as phytochemicals.
