Medicinal plant raw materials for Indian drug and pharmaceutical industry II. problems and prospects of development of resources

摘要

Proper utilization of medicinal plant resources of India requires a comprehensive approach. There are many issues concerning this area of activity. These include inventorisation, quantitative and tech noeconomic evaluation, standardization in terms of therapeutic efficacy and augmentation of resources through conservation, domestication and large scale cultivation. The country has been engaged in research and development in this area since long and a lot of information on different aspects is available. There is a need for retrieval and documentation of this information at national level, developing appropriate technologies and creating conditions for gainful utilization of available and developed resources. Such, an exercise may go a long way forproper utilization of the resources and taking up further work to fill in the gaps.