Dosage design for natural medicinal products
Natural medicinal products (NMPs)based especially on herbs and various plants are enjoying growing popularity. The notion that natural ingredients would have less side effects compared to conventional allopathic medicines appear to be the driving factor for the increasing number of NMPs in the marke...
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iium-437652015-11-10T02:51:58Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43765/ Dosage design for natural medicinal products Ahmad, Kausar RS Pharmacy and materia medica Natural medicinal products (NMPs)based especially on herbs and various plants are enjoying growing popularity. The notion that natural ingredients would have less side effects compared to conventional allopathic medicines appear to be the driving factor for the increasing number of NMPs in the market. However, the quality of active ingredients may sometimes have adverse effects. Reports on the quality of NMPs indicated presence of harmful organisms, heavy metals and adulteration. Further, some therapeutic claims made for the NMPs are not substantiated. This will also hinder marketability of NMPs. The quality of various kinds of excipients can also be a factor in the overall quality of NMPs. Examples of NMPs are given. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43765/1/MyCRS_Seminar2015_DosageDesign4NMP_kausar_20151007.pdf Ahmad, Kausar (2015) Dosage design for natural medicinal products. In: Drug Delivery Seminar Series, 7th April 2015, UTM Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished) http://crsmalaysia.org/news/10-drug-delivery-seminar-series-2.html |
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Natural medicinal products (NMPs)based especially on herbs and various plants are enjoying growing popularity. The notion that natural ingredients would have less side effects compared to conventional allopathic medicines appear to be the driving factor for the increasing number of NMPs in the market. However, the quality of active ingredients may sometimes have adverse effects. Reports on the quality of NMPs indicated presence of harmful organisms, heavy metals and adulteration. Further, some therapeutic claims made for the NMPs are not substantiated. This will also hinder marketability of NMPs. The quality of various kinds of excipients can also be a factor in the overall quality of NMPs. Examples of NMPs are given. |
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