by Frauke Gaedcke
and Barbara Steinhoff

Features:

• Up-to-date reference and guideline for pharmacists, drug experts, students, and all concerned with herbal medicinal products in industry, research, universities, regulatory offices, and health authorities

• An indispensable handbook for the evaluation of herbal medicinal drugs

• Guideline for education in pharmaceutical and medical professions

• Practical handbook for the qualitative assessment of individual products in pharmacies and medical practice

There are often uncertainties about the interpretation of basic terms related to the manufacture and quality of herbal medicinal products. Herbal Medicinal Products clarifies these uncertainties, increasing transparency in the herbal medicinal products market and supporting an adequate scientific discussion related to herbal medicinal products.

It offers a complete survey on current scientific knowledge, as well as on legal basic requirements for the development, standardization, and licensing of herbal medicinal products.

Herbal Medicinal Products is an up-to-the-minute guide and reference book for professionals in all sectors concerned with HMPs, including pharmaceutical companies, universities and health authorities. It is also an invaluable handbook for the instruction of pharmaceutical and medical practices, pharmacies and other retail outlets.

Contents

1. Abbreviations
2. Definitions
3. Labelling of Herbal Preparations
4. Quality Assurance of Herbal Medicinal Products
5. How Herbal Extracts and Herbal Medicinal Products Are Compared
6. Legal Provisions Relating to the Quality of Herbal Drugs, Herbal Extracts, and Herbal Medicinal Products
7. Legal Provisions Relating to Safety and Efficacy of Herbal Medicinal Products
8. The European Marketing Authorization System
9. Structure of the European Market of Herbal Medicinal Products
10. Herbal Medicinal Products Worldwide

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