Abstract

STANDARDIZATION OF CRUDE DRUGS: A PRECISE REVIEW

Salman Ahmed*and Muhammad Mohtasheemul Hasan

Abstract

Standardization of crude drugs is a code of conduct and an essential need of a time. Substitution and adulteration are now become a very common practice, which makes global crude drug market unsafe for crude drug depending world population. Moreover, crude drug evaluation is not an easy task because of numerous influential factors affecting bio efficacy and reproducibility of therapeutic effects. The broad spectrum of standardization gives surety of correct substance in correct amount for desired therapeutic effects. It also provides all possible careful measures taken from collection, manufacturing till drug dispensing for clinical application. In a present review, authors have tried to cover precise tools for crude drug standardization.

Keywords: Crude drug, evaluation, standardization, qualitycontrol, quality assurance.