Herbal Drug Formulation and Standardization

This comprehensive textbook Herbal Drug Formulation and Standardization is primarily focussed at the course requirements of Under-Graduate Post-Graduate Ph.D. (Course work) students of Pharmacy students of allied disciplines and scholars engaged in herbal drug R & D. It mainly includes factual scientific authoritative updated information regarding various aspects of herbal drug formulation & standardization for the development of safe and efficacious herbal drugs for therapeutic use. The recent and updated understanding about herbal drug formulation & standardization has been systematically elaborated and compiled under six chapters of the book namely:Natural Products Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals Challenges of Herbal Drugs Formulation and Standardization - Medicinal plant related Challenges Pharmaceutical challenges and Regulatory challengesStandardization and Quality Evaluation of Crude DrugsFormulation and Development of Herbal Drugs – Traditional Conventional and Novel Characterization of Herbal FormulationsPackaging Stability and Shelf-life of Herbal ProductsThe book rationally includes research based examples and self-explanatory scientific figures.<b>Contents</b>1. Natural Products Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals2. Challenges of Herbal Drugs Formulation and Standardization3. Standardization and Quality Evaluation of Crude Drugs4. Formulation and Development of Herbal Drugs5. Characterization of Herbal Formulations6. Packaging Stability and Shelf-life of Herbal ProductsBibliography<b>About the Authors </b>Alekh N. Sahu is a highly respected academician researcher and professional in the field of Pharmacognosy & Herbal Drug Technology & its rational development. He has over 15 years of multifaceted experience in teaching research supervising and administration. Currently he is Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology IIT (BHU). His independent research group in Phytomedicine Research Lab. At the institute is engaged in formulation & development of the herbal drug cosmeceutical nutraceutical formulation standardization bioactivity guided fractionation isolation pharmacognostic evaluation and quality control of indigenous medicinal herbs. Debadatta Mohapatra is Ph.D. research scholar at Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology IIT (BHU) actively involved in the formulation development quality control standardization pharmacological evaluation of herbal drugs for nutraceutical cosmeceutical and therapeutical benefits.