Herbal drugs in milieu of modern drugs

BIOAVAILABILITAS TABLET IBUPROFEN PADA PEMBERIAN BERSAMAAN DENGAN EKSTRAK AIR HERBA PEGAGAN (Centella asiatica (L) Urban) PADA KELINCI JANTAN

“…Masyarakat umum beranggapan, obat herbal dapat mengurangi efek samping dari obat yang diminum dan dapat meningkatkan efektifitas dari pengobatan (Inamdar et al, 2008). Meskipun dianggap alami, banyak obat herbal yang dapat berinteraksi dengan obat lain menyebabkan efek samping yang berbahaya dan atau mengurangi manfaat dari obat (Gohil and Patel, 2007).…”

Antidepressant Potential of Isolated Bioactive Compound From Butea Monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze

“…Use of CAM has increased and the utilization pattern analyzed by various statistical data analysis show very encouraging and promising results (Viji and Helen, 2011).The market value of herbal medicines currently stands at over $ 60 billion per anum globally. The sale of herbal medicines is growing at annual growth rate of 6.4% (Inamdar et al, 2008).…”

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“…WHO estimated that about threequarters of the world's population currently use natural drugs and other forms of traditional medicines like medicinal mushrooms to treat their diseases 11 including breast cancer (12%) 12 , liver disease (21%) 13 , HIV (22%) 14 , asthma (24%) 15 and rheumatological disorders (26%) 16 . The acceptance and recognition of natural medicine has been in part due to the acknowledgement of the value of traditional and indigenous pharmacopoeias, the incorporation of some medicines derived from these sources into pharmaceuticals 17,18 , the need to make health care affordable for the Available online on www.ijpsr.com 3 community people and the perception that pharmaceutical drugs are increasingly over prescribed, expensive and even dangerous.…”