substitution with negative part from same plant in adulteration
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Since each and every drug plant has its own characteristic features, in terms of its botanical characters, chemical composition and therapeutic properties, considering the highly potential drug plants as genuine plant and less potential (allied or non-allied) drug plants as substitutes is unjustifiable. Moreover, the term Substitution is being used for a couple of centuries in a wrong sense in pharmacognostic studies or in the vegetable crude drug industry. Therefore, the term ’Substitution’ has to be replaced by the relevant and appropriate term, ’Alternative’ or ’Alternative source’.
Keywords: Substitution, alternative, alternative source, pharmacognosy, crude drug industry
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INTRODUCTION
Pharmacognosy is the scientific study of crude drugs from four different natural sources, namely, plants, animals, minerals and metals. More than 90% of the crude drugs are derived from plant sources, while the remaining are from animal, metal and mineral sources.
The vegetable crude drugs are studied pharmacognostically using five customary parameters, which are the botanical, zoological (organoleptic), physical, chemical, and biological (pharmacological) parameters, aimed at disseminating the unique features of vegetable crude drugs in three different phases, namely, identification, isolation of active principles / compounds, and screening for biological activities.
The pharmacognosists often come across two familiar practices, namely ‘adulteration’ and ‘substitution,’ which are prevalent in trade nowadays. Adulteration, in a broad and legal sense, is the debasement of any article, which involves conditions such as inferiority, spoilage, deterioration, admixture, sophistication, and substitution. Adulterating the crude drugs by any of the said conditions is considered undesirable in the crude drug industry.
Answer:
Abstract
Since each and every drug plant has its own characteristic features, in terms of its botanical characters, chemical composition and therapeutic properties, considering the highly potential drug plants as genuine plant and less potential (allied or non-allied) drug plants as substitutes is unjustifiable. Moreover, the term Substitution is being used for a couple of centuries in a wrong sense in pharmacognostic studies or in the vegetable crude drug industry. Therefore, the term ’Substitution’ has to be replaced by the relevant and appropriate term, ’Alternative’ or ’Alternative source’.
Keywords: Substitution, alternative, alternative source, pharmacognosy, crude drug industry
Go to:
INTRODUCTION
Pharmacognosy is the scientific study of crude drugs from four different natural sources, namely, plants, animals, minerals and metals. More than 90% of the crude drugs are derived from plant sources, while the remaining are from animal, metal and mineral sources.
The vegetable crude drugs are studied pharmacognostically using five customary parameters, which are the botanical, zoological (organoleptic), physical, chemical, and biological (pharmacological) parameters, aimed at disseminating the unique features of vegetable crude drugs in three different phases, namely, identification, isolation of active principles / compounds, and screening for biological activities.
The pharmacognosists often come across two familiar practices, namely ‘adulteration’ and ‘substitution,’ which are prevalent in trade nowadays. Adulteration, in a broad and legal sense, is the debasement of any article, which involves conditions such as inferiority, spoilage, deterioration, admixture, sophistication, and substitution. Adulterating the crude drugs by any of the said conditions is considered undesirable in the crude drug industry.