Quality of Herbal Medicines: New Aspects and Solutions

Abstract

Herbal drugs and herbal medicinal products remain of interest to Russian researchers both in terms of the development, efficacy, and safety of medicines, and in terms of the research methodology applicable to these medicine, as well as the use of new analytical methods expanding the boundaries of contemporary science and medicine. In this interview, Vladimir G. Luzhanin (Candidate of Sciences, Associate Professor, Rector of the Perm State Pharmaceutical Academy), Vladimir A. Kurkin (Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Full Professor, Chairman of the Department of Pharmacognosy with Botany and the Basics of Phytotherapy, Samara State Medical University), and Irina V. Gravel (Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Full Professor, Professor of the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University) share their views on the application potential and future quality assessment of herbal medicines.

Keywords

• herbal drugs
• secondary plant metabolites
• essential-oil-containing plants
• flavonoids
• biological activity
• wild medicinal plant
• medicinal plant contamination