MODERN PARAMETERS IN AYURVEDIC RESEARCH
Dr. Sudhirkumar Pani* and Dr. Nilam Deore
ABSTRACT
Standardization of herbal delve into includes the recognition of plants, good agricultural practices including cultivation, post-harvesting technology, storage precautions for raw material, manufacturing process with analytical profiles, shelf-life of products and pharmacopoeial standards of quality control. For identification apart from pharmacognostical and chemotaxonomic methods, Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid (DNA) fingerprinting is also being utilized. Quantitative fingerprint of major components would be desirable, which can be done by High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) or Liquid Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS). The analysis for microbial contamination, pesticide residues and heavy metals for estimating with regards to their permissible levels are also been followed. After confirming all these aspects, the herb is subjected for evaluation of its activity through experimental pharmacology including toxicity studies. Once the herb is screened by these tests, it is evaluated for citations of clinical pharmacological data followed by clinical studies.
Keywords: Research, Microscopy, Radioisotopes, Plant tissue, Electrophoresis.
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