Abstract

INFLUENCE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY ON HERBAL DRUGS

Jogeshwari N. Gunjal* and Minal S. Patil

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Abstract

Herbs have been a surviving unit since we were born on this planet. Currently, they are the most probed topic in the food industry or pharmacotherapy due to their multidimensional approach where one herb targets various diseases and proffers a wide range of health benefits. Herbal remedies and natural products are being used to cure the diseases. Unlike widely used allopathic system, the herbal remedies have thousands of constituents that all work simultaneously against the diseases. Phyto therapeutics need a scientific approach to deliver the components in a sustained manner to increase patient compliance and avoid repeated administration. Nano-sized drug delivery systems of herbal drugs have a potential future for enhancing the activity and overcoming problems associated with plant medicines.

Keywords: Herbal Drugs, nanotechnology, formulation technology of nanoparticles.