Sumeet Dwivedi
Chordia Institute of Pharmacy
India
Title: Need Of Standardization Of Some Endangered Medicinal Plants Of Central India
Biography
Biography: Sumeet Dwivedi
Abstract
India is one of the richest reservoirs of biological diversity in the world. It is home to a great variety of ethno-medicinally important plant species, and is ranked 6th (sixth) among 12 mega diversity countries of the world. However, several factors are putting India’s medicinal plants at risk of extinction: the increasing demand for herbal raw-material & products, the reliance of pharmaceutical companies on plants for drugs, the encroachment of civilization into plant habitat (including timber and mining operations, shopping malls and housing developments), and the innate sensitivity or rareness of certain species. The problems are compounded by market-demand driven harvesting without any concern for representation and conservation. In the process essential regenerative components of a plant like roots, tubers, fruits, seeds, flowers and bark are indiscriminately collected, leading to degradation and depletion and even extinction of particular species. Due to this ruthless exploitation, many important medicinal plants species are becoming rare and some of them are critically endangered. The present paper deals with the need of several standardization parameters of some endangered medicinal plants of Central India. Several validation parameters such as LOD, FOM, TA, SI, HPTLC fingerprint etc were highlighted in the present communications.