Quality of herbal medicinal products

Rubrik: Analytik

(Treffer aus pharmind, Nr. 11, Seite 1049 (2025))

Goerke T | Halbsguth C | Gehlen-Breitbach S | Schönherr R | Albert H | Onken M | Kolkmann R | Symma N

Quality of herbal medicinal products / Difficulties in the interpretation of fingerprint chromatograms – Part 1 · Goerke T, Halbsguth C, Gehlen-Breitbach S, Schönherr R, Albert H, Onken M, Kolkmann R, Symma N · , MCM Klosterfrau Vertriebsgesellschaft und Max Zeller Söhne und Bayer Consumer Health, Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk und Merz Consumer Care und Salus Haus und Pharmazeutische Fabrik Evers und Diapharm und Pharma Deutschland
Herbal Medicinal Products TLC Fingerprint Chromatograms Quality Control Analysis Assessing the stability of herbal medicinal products poses specific challenges compared to chemically defined substances. This complexity originates from the fact that the active pharmaceutical ingredient in herbal medicinal products is a complex mixture of natural substances, of which the constituents responsible for their therapeutic effects are mostly unknown. Additionally, some of the natural compounds are instable during storage and processing. The natural variability of raw materials, the complex composition of these products, and the sometimes limited understanding of efficacy-determining components further complicate efforts to demonstrate consistent quality throughout the product’s ...