Medicinal plant-based health products: Where is the medicinal constituent?

Evidence-based medicinal plant products for the health care of world population

Even today, plants remain a primary source of health care for majority of the population in the world. More than 80% population in the rural areas of the world is dependent on plant based traditional medicines including traditional systems of medicine such as Ayurveda, Unani and traditional Chinese medicine. These medical practices originated from time immemorial and established imbibing ancien...

Disposal of medicinal products.

Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products

Article 4 of Council Directive 81/851/EEC requires that a Member State shall not authorise the placing on the market of a veterinary medicinal product intended for administration to food producing animals [...] unless the active substance [...] contained in the product: a) were authorised for use in other veterinary medicinal products in the Member State concerned on the day of entry into force...

Hepatotoxicity of herbal medicinal products

Plant remedies, despite their innocuity reputation, are implicated in adverse events. The present review focuses on 30 popular herbs which are associated with severe and sometimes fatal hepatotoxicity: Actaea racemosa, Aloe barbadensis, Atractylis gummifera, Callilepsis laureola, Camellia sinensis, Centella asiatica, Chelidonium majus, Ephedra sinica, Garcinia cambogia, Hypericum perforatum, La...

Apitherapy Products for Medicinal Use.

For the past 10 years, beekeeping has increased due to a growing awareness of the disappearance of bees since Colony Collapse Disorder. Most of the disappearance of honey bees can be attributed to the use of pesticides. Apitherapy is the science and art of maintaining health with the use of products from the honeybee hive: honey, bee pollen, propolis, royal jelly, and bee venom. We have been be...