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Nandita Vijay, Bengaluru, Friday, December 30, 2011, 08:00 Hrs [IST] info Ayurveda, Volume 1, No.12, April-June’ 2012 European Pharmacopoeia commences development of ‘Community Monographs’ for European Pharmacopoeia and the European Medicine Agency have commenced the preparation of ‘Community Monographs’ for herbal remedies. To begin with, the monographs will be made applicable for single herbs. The decision to create monographs is driven by the increasing shift in consumers opting for dietary supplements and nutraceuticals developed from herbs. The development of pharmacopoeia monographs would provide the much-needed information, stated Dr D B Anantha Narayana, leading scientist in herbal drugs and plant medicine. Even the government of India through the Indian Pharmacopoeia or Ayurveda Pharmacopoeia needs to take up this. It would be the best way to ensure India gets its prominent position in the global herbal map. In an age of growing consumption of herbal nutraceuticals, there is need for authentic information on products, its usage, quality, dosage forms and disease indications, he added. Pharmacopoeia monographs would serve not just for consumers but is important for physicians and pharmacists. US Pharmacopoeia (USP) is now primarily a regulatory quality specifications for all categories of drugs which can be extended to cover the ‘Dietary Supplements’. Although, mere presence of a herb in a Pharmacopoeia does not mean it is approved as a drug, yet its importance cannot be underestimated. Pharmacopoeia monographs provide a reference globally for quality specifications for the authentic identity, content, component quality. It is an assurance that the product sans contaminants like microbial, pesticides and heavy metals. The very mention of a herb in the pharmacopoeia monograph allows easy trade and reduces rejections in the global market. It is herbal remedies also an indication to ensure batch-to-batch consistency for researchers. While the herb with a monograph can promote future technology developments, it provides regulators a confidence on the history of usage and safety profiles in the large scale production of a product, said Dr Narayana. Globally, in the area of traditional knowledge based treatments, over 90 per cent of the products are botanical based. Despite the considerable discussions on need for standardization for herbal products, there has been a rise of use in herbal botanicals as supplements which do not come under the category of drugs. But the Pharmacopoeia experience coming handy has been largely to access the specifications of the herbs. Indian Pharmacopoeia 2010 [IP2010] has 89 monographs for herbs, processed herbs, including for extracts/oils, and herbal products. USP has over 180 monographs for herbs, powdered herbs, processed herbs including extracts, oils, and herbal products. British Pharmacopoeia (BP) has over 50 monographs for herbs, powdered herbs, processed herbs including extracts, oils, and herbal products. European Pharmacopoeia (EP) has over 60 monographs for herbs, powdered herbs, processed herbs including extracts, oils, and herbal products. Pharmacopoeia of Republic of China [PRC] has over 180 monographs for herbs, powdered herbs, processed herbs including extracts, oils, and herbal products besides being the one that has quality specifications for large number of Traditional Chinese medicines (poly herbal). With international regulators insisting now insisting on authentic herbs with defined botanical identity India will need to look at building a ‘Minimum Therapeutic Guarantee’ basis and establish a natural window of few compounds and test for the compliance to the window, pointed out Dr Narayana. Courtesy: PHARMABIZ.com 4
Pharmocopial Standards For Ayurvedic Formulations and Raw Materials PUSHYANUGA CHURNA (AFI PART – I, PG. 91-92.) ikBktECo;kseZ?;a f”kykHksna jlk¥tue~A vEc’Bdh ekspjl% leM~xk ineds”kje~AA46AA dV~Qya efjpa “kq.Bh e`}hdk jäpUnueAA47AA dV~oM~xoRldkuUrk /kkrdh e/kqdktZque~A iq’;s.kksÌR; rqY;kkfu “y{.kpw.kkZfu dkj;sr~AA48AA rkfu {kkSnzs.k la;ksT; ik;s;sÙk.M`ykEcqukA vl`Xnjkfrlkjs’kq jäa ;Ppksios”;rsAA49AA nks”kkxUrqd`rk ;s p ckykuka rka”p uk”k;sr~A ;ksfunks’ka jtksnks’ka Üosra uhya lihrde~AA50AA L=h.kka “;kok:.k ;Pp rRizlã fuoÙkZ;srA pw.kZa iq’;kuqxa uke fgrek=s;iwftre~A vEc’Bk nf{k.ks [;krk x`à.kUr;U;s rq y{e.kke~AA51AA ¼HkS’kT;jRukoyh] L=hjksxkf/kdj] 46&51½ 1. Patha (Rt.) 1 Part 2. Jambu (beeja majja) (Enm.) 1 Part 3. Amra (beeja majja) (Enm.) 1 Part 4. Shilabheda (Pashanabheda) (Rz.) 1 Part 5. Rasanjana (Daruharidra) (St.Ext.) 1 Part 6. Ambashthaki (patha) (Rt.) 1 Part 7. Mocarasa (Exd.) 1 Part 8. Samanga (Manjishtha) (Rt./Pl.) 1 Part 9. Padma kesara (Adr.) 1 Part 10. Vahika (Kumkuma) (Stl./Stg) 1 Part 11. Ativisha (Rt.Tr.) 1 Part 12. Musta (Rz.) 1 Part 13. Bilva (St.Bk.) 1 Part 14. Lodhra (St.Bk.) 1 Part 15. Gairika 1 Part 16. Katphala St.Bk.) 1 Part 17. Marica (Fr.) 1 Part 18. Shunthi (Rz.) 1 Part 19. Mridvika (Dr.Fr.) 1 Part 20. Rakta candana (Ht.Wd.) 1 Part 21. Katvanga (Araluka) (St.Bk. 1 Part 22. Vatsaka (Kutaja) (St.Bk.) 1 Part 23. Ananta (Rt.) 1 Part 24. Dhataki (Fl.) 1 Part 25. Madhuka (Yashti) (Rt.) 1 Part 26. Arjuna (St.Bk.) 1 Part info Ayurveda, Volume 1, No.12, April-June’ 2012 Dose: 1 to 3 g Anupana: Honey and Tandulodaka Important Therapeutic Uses: Asrigdara, Shveta Pradara, Rajodosha PATHA (Root) (API Part –I, Vol. 1, Pg.92) Patha consists of roots of Cissampelos pareira Linn. (Fam. Menisperrnaceae), an extensively spreading, glabrous to softy pubescent, perennial climbing shrub with nodose stem, common in warm and dry regions of tropical and sub-tropical parts of India upto an altitude of about 1500 m. SYNONYMS Sanskrit : Ambashthaki Assamese : Tuprilata Bengali : Patha, Akanadi English : Velvet leaf Gujrati : Venivel, Karedhium Kalipath, Karondhium, Karondium, Hindi : Patha, Padh, Akanadi Kannada : Pahadavela, Agalushunthi Kashmiri : Pad Malayalam : Patha Marathi : Pashadvel, Paharrel, Pahadavel, Padali Oriya : Kanabindhi, Patha Punjabi : Patha Tamil : Vatta tiruppi Telugu : Adivibankatiga, chiru boddi, Boddi tiga DESCRIPTION a) Macroscopic Roots, cylindrical, often tortuous, 1-1.5 cm in diameter, light brown to yellowish in colour, surface rough and at places rugged due to transverse wrinkles, cracks and fissures, fracture short and splintery, odour, faint aromatic, taste, bitter. b) Microscopic Transverse section of root shows, 6-10 layers of thin-walled, rectangular cork cells secondary cortex, 1-3 layered of oval to tangentially elongated 5
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