Marwa Issa

Citation:

Issa, M. Y., S. E. M. Zalabani, H. I. El-Askary, R. S. El-Dine, and M. F. Yousif, "MICROSCOPICAL, PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND NUTRITIONAL CHARACTERISATION OF THREE HERBAL HEPATOPROTECTIVES ", World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol. 3, issue 5, pp. 1430-1446, 2014.

Abstract:

Plant-based health products play, nowadays, an important role in the
global drug market. Despite this constant rise in commercial
importance, the processing of herbal drugs lacks reliable scientific
assessment and is often performed without strict regulations. To
guarantee the quality of the final product, well-defined specification
criteria should be established for raw materials before manufacture.
The quality and correct identity of crude powdered plants or plant
organs can be checked via inspection of sensory, microscopical and
physicochemical characteristics. Liver disorders represent a
threatening health problem in Egypt. Herbs are frequently used as
supportive complementary remedies to alleviate these ailments. The objective of this study
was to establish reliable criteria for proper identification of three hepatoprotective herbal
drugs viz., seeds of Linum usitatissimum L. (flaxseeds) and Trigonella foenumgraecum L.
(fenugreek seeds), and leaves of Rosmarinus officinalis L. (rosemary leaves). The powdered
samples were microscopically examined and subjected to proximate, physicochemical and
nutritional analysis. The present work will, thus, provide helpful information on the quality of
these herbal materials to ensure genuineness, safety and efficacy prior incorporation in
pharmaceutical formulations.