Herbal medicines are popular as remedies for diseases by vast majority of world's population. Polyherbal preparations are products from medicinal plants. These are considered as safe since they are natural products. Herbal formulations which have reached widespread acceptability as therapeutic agents in India include noortropics, antidiabetics, hepatoprotective agents and lipid lowering agents....

BACKGROUND Herbal and Ayurvedic preparations, widely used in Pakistan and the developing world, present serious risk of heavy metal toxicity related to their medicinal content and prolonged use by patients. The objective of this study was to find out the concentration of heavy metals in Herbal & Ayurvedic liquid preparations commonly used for treatment of different diseases, from local markets ...

objective: in this study, the current literatures on the use of herbs and herbal preparations of traditional chinese and indian medicine for the treatment of opioid addiction were reviewed. methods: search was done in databases such as pub med, science direct, scopus, springer link, and google scholar. results: among 18 retrieved studies, 3 studies were about asafetida extract, an approved prep...

There are thousands of herbs that used in preparation various herbal cosmetics and toiletries preparations. Day-by-day, use preparations increasing as currently available showing unwanted effects upon prolong used. They prepared by using different or their extracts juice derived from them. Herbal being Indian peoples sub-continental region since ancient time. to improve the appearance skin. bec...

Thin-layer chromatographic method, with postchromatographic derivatization, was applied for the purposes of the quality control of pharmaceutical preparations, containing S. officinalis L. extract. Six finished products underwent the analysis: capsules, tablets, two ointments, tincture and finished product being a mixture of ethanolic S. officinalis and Thymi vulgaris extracts. Chromatographic ...

Herbal medicines are biochemically active compounds that have the potential to interact with drugs used in anesthesia. Lack of herbal standardization makes definitive diagnosis of herb-anesthesia interaction difficult. However, identified herbal use and an understanding of possible interactions can alert the anesthesia provider and raise suspicion of possible herb-related complications. In a re...