Microbiological Quality control of some herbal medicines


Abstract in English

The microbiological limits are considered to be one of the quality criteria that affect pharmaceutical. Herbal drug medicine is of some specialty since their raw material contains a high bioburden. According to pharmacopoeia, Herbal drugs are mainly whole, fragmented or cut, plants, parts of plants, algae, fungi, lichen in an unprocessed state, usually in dried form but sometimes fresh.

References used

aya Bir Karmacharya (2012). Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for Medicinal Products, Promising Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Purusotam Basnet (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0631-9, InTech
(Forty-fourth report of the WHO Expert Committee on specifications for pharmaceutical preparations 2010. (WHO technical report series; no. 957
(Forty-fifth report of the WHO Expert Committee on specifications for pharmaceutical preparations 2011. (WHO technical report series ; no. 961

Download