HERBAL

PHARMACOPOEIA

PRESENTED BY: REJI SHARMA

DEFINITION

• Herbal pharmacopoeia is the officially

recognized book for the reference on standards of
quality specifications of natural pharmaceutical
drugs.

• Herbal pharmacopoeia represents qualitative and

therapeutic monographs on botanicals.
 Herbal pharmacopoeia is a
Description includes:
compiled document which:
• Define a botanical drug
• Provides information for its
proper identification
• Contains the basic description
of drugs
• NOMENCLATURE
• ACTIVE CONSTITUENTS
• CONTRAINDICATIONS
• USES AND ACTIONS
• PLANT PARTS USED
• RANGE OF APPLICATION
• INCOMPATIBILITY
 TYPES OF HERBAL PHARMACOPOEIA

• American herbal pharmacopoeia (AHP)

• British herbal pharmacopoeia (BHP)

• African herbal pharmacopoeia

• Korean herbal pharmacopoeia

• Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia of India (API)

 AMERICAN HERBAL PHARMACOPOEIA
• The AHP develops qualitative and therapeutic monographs on
botanicals including; many of the Ayurvedic, Chinese and
Western herbs most frequently used in the United States.

• These monographs represent the most comprehensive and

critically reviewed body of information on herbal medicines in
the English language.

• These serve as a primary reference for academicians, health

care providers, manufacturers and regulators.
 BRITISH HERBAL PHARMACOPOEIA
• The BHP provides quality standards for 169 herbal raw materials.
European Pharmacopoeia Commission (Council of Europe) has led to
the introduction of many more herbal monographs in the European
Pharmacopoeia.
• The BHP monograph includes a brief description of the form of the
material, its main geographical sources, macroscopical and
microscopical descriptions of the herbal material as well as odour and
taste descriptions.
• It also includes; comparative identification and qualitative
phytochemical analysis. The BHP remains a very useful aid to
quality assurance,
 AFRICAN HERBAL PHARMACOPOEIA
• The AfrHP provides comprehensive, up to date botanical, commercial and
phytochemical information on over 50 of the most important African
medicinal plants.

• It consists of monograph of the medicinal plants.

• Additional data includes; micro-morphology of the plant material,

distribution maps and TLC chromatograms. These data are crucial for
producers, collectors and traders in medicinal plants and extracts as well
as researchers, manufacturers and practitioners.
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