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THE PHARMA REVIEW (JUNE 2008) |
Ethnopharmacological
Approach in Herbal Drug Development
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Dr. Papiya Bigoniya |
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Abstract: Traditional
medicine has served as a source of alternative medicine,
new pharmaceuticals and healthcare products. India is
sitting on a gold mine of well-recorded and
traditionally well-practiced knowledge of herbal
medicine. Ayurveda the unique Indian system of medicine
is now showing increasing popularity in rest of the
world, as the people are getting aware of the benefits.
The demand of plant derived products as medicine and
health care products have tremendous need of plant based
raw materials providing numerous opportunities for
developing nations to advance rural well being. There is
thus an enormous scope for India to emerge as a major
player in the global herb based medicines and products
by developing its research and development capability.
There is an urgent need to carry out scientific
evaluation of traditional medicines to provide sound
basis to their folklore use. Ethnopharmacological survey
of plants of a particular region or cultural group can
act as a pre-screen in plant and further quantitative
standardization, isolation, formulation development and
other pre-clinical and clinical studies can be carried
out. Ethnopharmacological documentation of plants in a
scientific should be aimed at preservation and of
conservation of medicinal plants and biological
diversity. Sustained supply of medicinal plants can be
assured by promotion ethical use of medicinal plant
drugs, that will discourage unscrupulous collection and
over exploitation of ethnomedicinal plants.
Introduction
Medicinal herbs as potential source of therapeutic aids
has attained a significant role in health system all
over the world for both humans and animals not only in
the diseased condition but also as potential material
for maintaining proper health. There has been a
resurgence of interest on plants and plant products as a
source of medicine in the last few decades. Herbal
products have occupied a major part in curing different
human ailments. Certain of these drugs have been known
and are being used by man for many centuries, while
others are still being isolated and evaluated. Medicinal
plants are important for pharmacological research and
drug development, not only when plant constituents are
used directly as therapeutic agents, but also as
starting materials for the synthesis of drugs or as
models for pharmacologically active compounds. Herbal
drugs have become one of the totems in this era of
phytotherapy. The medicinal plants have enormous
commercial potentials throughout the globe.
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