UIPS team from PU glitters at Pharmacopeia
Posted: Mon Apr 18 2011, 01:15 hrs
Chandigarh:
COURTESY: THe Indian express.com
Making another mark in the pharmaceutical industry, the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS) of Panjab University (PU), has made its presence in the Indian Pharmacopeia — the sole authority for all prescriptions and over-the-drug-counter medicines and other health products sold in the country.
Under the project awarded by the Department of AYUSH under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 25 standard operating procedures (SOPs) for ayurvedic drugs prepared by a team of professors and students had been accepted and published in this “medical legal document”.
For more than five years, Dr Vashisht Karan and Dr Maninder Karan — who have specialisations in medicinal plants — along with a team of research scholars, have been working on the project that was awarded to the department in 2005. With an estimated initial project cost of Rs 30 lakh, the team started working on the SOPs for common ayurvedic products. “Once approved by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, these procedures went sent for publication in Pharmacopeia. Already, 16 single plant monograph (neem, amaltas, cucumber seeds and others) have been published in Pharmacopeia. These are a sort of quality standards or holograms for ayurvedic products that are followed in the country,” said Karan.
Apart from the single plant monograph, the team has also contributed to SOPs of polyherbal formulations. In this category, while nine have already been published in Pharmacopeia, five are in the final acceptance stage. Another 11 are in the pipeline.
“This is an ongoing project, as work is being awarded in stages. As the department has the expertise, it is expecting to receive SOP formulations of more plants very soon. It is an effort of the university to involve as many research scholars as possible so that they get field experience,” said Karan.
Posted: Mon Apr 18 2011, 01:15 hrs
Chandigarh:
COURTESY: THe Indian express.com
Making another mark in the pharmaceutical industry, the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS) of Panjab University (PU), has made its presence in the Indian Pharmacopeia — the sole authority for all prescriptions and over-the-drug-counter medicines and other health products sold in the country.
Under the project awarded by the Department of AYUSH under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 25 standard operating procedures (SOPs) for ayurvedic drugs prepared by a team of professors and students had been accepted and published in this “medical legal document”.
For more than five years, Dr Vashisht Karan and Dr Maninder Karan — who have specialisations in medicinal plants — along with a team of research scholars, have been working on the project that was awarded to the department in 2005. With an estimated initial project cost of Rs 30 lakh, the team started working on the SOPs for common ayurvedic products. “Once approved by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, these procedures went sent for publication in Pharmacopeia. Already, 16 single plant monograph (neem, amaltas, cucumber seeds and others) have been published in Pharmacopeia. These are a sort of quality standards or holograms for ayurvedic products that are followed in the country,” said Karan.
Apart from the single plant monograph, the team has also contributed to SOPs of polyherbal formulations. In this category, while nine have already been published in Pharmacopeia, five are in the final acceptance stage. Another 11 are in the pipeline.
“This is an ongoing project, as work is being awarded in stages. As the department has the expertise, it is expecting to receive SOP formulations of more plants very soon. It is an effort of the university to involve as many research scholars as possible so that they get field experience,” said Karan.
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