World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

STABILITY ASPECTS OF HERBAL FORMULATION

Roobal Chaudhary* and Pratiksha Kumari

ABSTRACT

From the last decades the use of the herbal drug products is increased across both developing and advanced countries. Herbal medicinal products are accessible in different dosages form according to their use. Increase in the demand of herbal medicinal product around the world results in large scale production of these products. Longer storage of these products may cause the deterioration and degradation of the product and loss of the active metabolite which ultimately results in product that contain no therapeutic action or some time there is the formation of toxic metabolite and adverse effect. This may cause the hazardous affect in the patient health. Stability studies on herbal products must be carried out as it helps in identify the various physical, chemical and environmental factors that affect the stability of the products and also to determine product shelf-life or enhance product quality at all times during storage periods and usage. Number of stability testing methods are available to check various quality changes that may occur during the storage period of the product. This article gives an overview of the different herbal dosage forms that is generally available in market and various problems that comes during their stability consideration or the different chemical factors that affect the stability of the product. These all facts will help in manufacturing of safe, stable and effective product that is free from hazardous substances.

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