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Standardization of Botanicals Volume - 1
Author: Dr. V. Rajpal
![Standardization of Botanicals Volume-1]() There has been a resurgence in usage of herbal medicine in the past few years, not only among the traditional medicine users (ethno-medicine) but also among the modern consumers of herbal products. This is supplemented with all round growth of similar natural products among the nutritional supplements and personal care segments. The question of quality therefore acquires greater importance today than ever before.
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 fulfills that gap in knowledge base with detailed, ready to use and validated methods of analysis to be perfomed 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.
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. Volume I of this book contains 25 widely used medicinal herbs.
WHO SHOULD BUY THIS BOOK
· Manufacturers of herbal extracts
· Manufacturers of herbal formulations
· Manufacturers of herbal cosmetics
· Manufacturers of nutritional supplements
· Testing laboratories
· Research Institutions
· Herb growers
· Academic institutions
· Regulatory affairs specialists
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Standardization of Botanicals Volume - 2
Author: Dr. V. Rajpal
![Standardization of Botanicals Volume-2]() Testing of medicinal herbs and their derivatives like extracts, phytochemicals, oleoresins etc has all along been a difficult and controversial subject due to the complex nature of the active constituents of the medicinal herbs found wild or cultivated in various regions of the world. An effort is on to include, at least some testing methods, in various pharmacopoeias but there is still a wide gap between the medicinal herbs and their testing methods. This book containing 25 monographs of medicinal herbs fills that gap in knowledge base with detailed, ready to use and validated extraction processes and methods of testing to be performed in a well-equipped testing laboratory.
Volume I with 25 monographs was published in 2002 which was perhaps one of the very few books providing specifications and testing methods for various types of herbal extracts like soft extracts, dry extracts and phytochemicals. Most of the data provided was based on the hands-on experience of the author Dr. V. Rajpal who has been constantly associated with the testing as well as processing of medicinal herbs and their derivatives since 1976 in an industrial setting. His experience of providing consultancy for setting up herb processing and testing laboratories led to his in-depth knowledge of problems faced by the herb processing factories and quality control laboratories.
Since 2002 Dr. V. Rajpal had been working on 25 other commonly used medicinal herbs in India as well as other countries. He has collected all the data with latest national and international references to make the all-new 25 monographs complete and up-to-date.
Each monograph provides the following information:
· Distribution and description of the plant
· Chemical constituents and chemical structures
· Extraction processes
· Specifications of extracts and phytochemicals
· Testing procedures, Biological activities
· Toxicity and safety aspects, Properties and uses
· Therapeutic indications, Dosage and References
WHO SHOULD BUY THIS BOOK
· Manufacturers of herbal extracts
· Manufacturers of herbal formulations
· Manufacturers of herbal cosmetics
· Manufacturers of nutritional supplements
· Testing laboratories
· Research Institutions
· Herb growers
· Academic institutions
· Regulatory affairs specialists
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