Read this article to learn about the modern methods of herbal drugs extraction. Plants are naturally gifted bio-factories for the synthesis of medicinal compounds, which have seen the discovery of new drugs with high therapeutic value. Today when different chromatographic methods can provide high resolution of complex mixtures, with detection limits down to few Nano grams or below but still [...]
This article throws light upon the top three approaches for herbal drugs standardization. The approaches are: 1. Chromatographic Techniques 2. Biotechnological Approaches to Herbal Drugs Standardization 3. Biopharmaceutical Equivalence: Perspectives and Advantages. Approach # 1. Chromatographic Techniques: a. High Performance Liquid Chromatography: One of the most versatile and flexible technique with high throughput, a variation of column system enables a [...]
Read this article to learn about Free Radicals. After reading this article you will learn about: 1. Formation of Free Radicals 2. General Effects of Free Radicals 3. Defences against free Radical Attack. Formation of Free Radicals: Free radicals are basically formed as accidental and deliberate by-products and phagocytosis from oxygen, H2O2, etc. Some of them are superoxide (O2−), hydroxyl [...]