Herbal Technology/Details about Herbal as raw Material

1. Sam Higginbottom university of agriculture
technology and science prayagraj up.
Herbals as a raw materials
Imdad. H. Mukeri
Id no: 17BPH084

2. Acknowledgment
In preparation of my assignment, I had to take the help and
guidance of some respected seniors and professors, who deserve
my deepest gratitude. As the completion of this assignment gave
me much pleasure. I would like to show my gratitude to Dr.vikas
Kumar Course Instructor, SIHAS. He gave me wonderful
opportunity to prepare assignment on “Herbals as raw
materials” topics. I would also like to expand my gratitude to all
those who have directly and indirectly guided me in writing this
assignment. Many people, especially my parents and classmates
have made valuable comment suggestions on my assignment
which gave me an inspiration to improve the quality of the
assignment

3. Content table
S.N TOPIC OF ASSIGNMENT PAGE DATE OF
SUBMITIO
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REMARKED
1 Definition of herbs, herbal medicine,
herbal material. Herbal preparation
01-06 17/05/020
2 Herbal finished products, Herbal
medicines, Herbal medicinal products
07-09 17/05/020
3 Herbals drug preparation,
standardization of Herbal crude drug
plant.
10-13 17/05/020
4 Collection of drug, Harvesting 14-16 17/05/020
5 Drying and storage of herbals drug
material
17-19 17/05/020
6 Preservation of plant material 20 17/05/020
7 Conclusion and References 21 17/05/020

7. Herbal materials
 Herbal materials include, in addition to herbs,
fresh juices, gums, €fixed oils, essential oils, resins
and dry powders of herbs.
 In some countries, these materials may be
processed by various local procedures, such as
steaming, roasting or stirbaking with honey,
alcoholic beverages or other plant materials.

8. Herbal preparations
 Herbal preparations are the basis for €nished
herbal products and may include comminuted or
powdered herbal materials, or extracts, tinctures
and fatty oils of herbal materials.
 They are produced by extraction, fractionation,
purica€ tion, concentration or other physical o
r
biological processes.
 They also include preparations made by steeping
or heating herbal materials in alcoholic beverages
and/or honey, or in other materials.

9. Finished herbal products
 Finished herbal products consist of one or more
herbal preparations made from one or more herbs
(i.e. from different herbal preparations made of the
same plant as well as herbal preparations from
different plants.
 Products containing different plant materials are
called “mixture herbal products”. Finished herbal
products and mixture herbal products may contain
excipients in addition to the active ingredients.
 However, €
finished products
products to which chemically
or mixture herbal
defined active
substances have been added, including synthetic
compounds and/or isolated constituents from

10. Herbal medicine
 The definition of herbal medicine is the use of plants
to prevent and treat an illness, or to achieve good
health, as well as the drugs and tinctures that are
used.
 An example of herbal medicine is using a tincture
made from ginger to relieve an upset stomach.
 Also called Herbalism, Phytomedicine or
Phytotherapy.

11. Herbal medicinal Product
 Herbal medicinal products are medicinal products
where the active ingredient consists exclusively of
herbal substances or herbal preparations.
 Natural remedies are medicinal products where the
active ingredient is of natural origin and consists of an
animal part, a bacterial culture, a mineral or a salt.

12. Herbal Drug Preparation
basis for
 Herbal preparations
finished herbal products
are the
and may include
comminuted or powdered herbal materials, or
extracts, and
tinctures
of herbal materials. They are
fatty oils
produced by
fractionation, purification,
or other physical or biological
extraction,
concentration
processes.

21. Conclusion
Natural products discovered so far have played a vital role in
improving the human health and have been the drugs of choice
despite facing a tough competition from compounds obtained by
chemical procedures, due to their safety and efficacy
Herbals drug material and herbal drug preparation, source of
herbal drug, and selection collection was studies.
References:
1)https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282740399_Herbal
_medicinal_products.
2)https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/From-Medicinal-
Plant-Raw-Material-to-Herbal-
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