Fixation
of standards of ISM drugs is a great challenge for the scientific
field, particularly for those drugs which are derived form
plants. It is due to the variation of active principles present
therein. This variation is quite natural due to ecological
factors where the drugs are grown. Similarly standardization
of compound formulations is also a tough job. Some times a
compound formulation contains
a large number of herbs and
it is very difficult to analyse
each and every herb
quantitatively as well as qualitatively.The
Drugs of
Indian Systems of Medicines are covered under the purview
of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940. So far 326 single drugs
of plant origin and 83 compound formulations of Ayurveda have
been worked out by this laboratory.These 326 Pharmacopoeial
Monographs on single drugs of plant origin have been incorporated
in Ayurvedic
Pharmacopoeia of India, Part-I, (Vol-I,
II, III & IV). This Laboratory has been declared as
S & T Institution.
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