Quality Standards of Indian Medicinal Plants. Volumes 1 - 15. 2003 - 2017. illus. (partly col.). gr8vo. Hardcover.

The Indian Council of Medical Research initiated a programme for laying down quality standards to regulate the herbal drug market of about 200 medicinal plants widely used in India. The contents of the monograph on each plant (32) have been systematically described as follows: Botanical name with authority, synonym, part(s) used, geographical source / other names of the drug in different languages / part(s) of the plant used as drug / macroscopic and microscopic description of the drug with special emphasis on diagnostic characters of the part(s) used along with colour photographs of the plant, part(s) used and illustrated diagrams of histological features / chemical constituents, structure of important chemical constituents / identity test based on different chemical groups and TLC/GLC fingerprint profiles along with marker compound(s) / assay/analytical method (using HPLC, HPTLC, GLC etc.) for the analysis of marker compounds along with detailed procedure and chromatograms / other quantitative standards include foreign matter, total ash, acid-insoluble ash, ethanol-soluble extractive, water-soluble extractive and loss on drying / substitutes if any, giving details of distinguishing features from the genuine drug / important pharmacological and clinical studies in brief, as reported in the literature / therapeutic category as mentioned in Ayurvedic texts or as evidenced by clinical trials and reported in literature / safety aspects as mentioned in Ayurvedic texts or as reported in publications on pharmacological/toxicological aspects / dosage as mentioned in Ayurvedic texts or as reported in other scientific publications.