Aqueous Alcoholic Extraction of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants by Fermentation

The history of the development of pharmaceutical dosage forms can be traced back to the Vedic era. It provides insight into the innovations made during ancient times when the crude herbs were initially used in powder form and later on they were used as decoctions, self-fermented products, paste, pills and other advanced dosage forms. New drug development involves the search for novel and new pharmacophores. Combinatorial chemistry cannot solve the problem in a satisfactory manner nor can the reductionist approach be applied to medicinal plants. Asava arishta, a fermented Ayurvedic product, is a good source of novel pharmacophores for new drug discovery

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Medicinal plants , Traditional medicine , Pharmacy