INTRO TO SPECIAL METHODS AND ASH CONTENT Flashcards
natural substances
Vegetable or animal drugs
made to establish the purity, or to determine the
amount of therapeutically active constituents
present
Analysis of Crude Drugs
Analysis of Crude Drugs made to establish the purity, or to determine the
amount of therapeutically active constituents
present for the purpose of ________
standardization
Scope of Drug Evaluation
identity, purity and quality
identification of biological source
of the drug.
Identity
the quantity of the active
constituents present.
Quality
the extent of foreign organic
material present in a crude drug.
Purity
Methods of Drug Evaluation:
(1) Organoleptic
(2) Microscopic
(3) Physical
(4) Chemical
(5) Biological
It includes the visual examination of drug
Organoleptic
Gives the gross, morphological structure of
the sample
Organoleptic
Organoleptic Plant parts:
Barks, Underground
structures, Leaves, Flowers, Fruits,
Seeds
Color, odor, taste, texture, shape or
size
Organoleptic
Gives a more detailed examination of a
drug
Microscopic or Anatomical
Evaluation:
Microscopic or Anatomical
Evaluation:
Gives a more detailed examination of a
drug, even _______ (cells and
tissues) useful for plants DNA barcoding
histological stuctures
Physical contents or physical properties innate
or characteristic of specific compound in the
sample or the sample as a whole
Physical Evaluation
Physical Evaluation includes
✔ Moisture Content
✔ Viscosity
✔ Melting point
✔ Ash Content
✔ Extractive values
✔ Volatile oil Content
- Optical Rotation
- Refractive Index
Chemical constants or analytical constants,
determination of chemical constituents -
ash, moisture, crude fiber, and extractive
Tests to determine different and specific
chemical constituents
Chemical Evaluation
Tests to determine different and specific
chemical constituents -
estimation of
alkaloidal content, acid value, ester value
or phytoconstituents
They make use of various instruments for
evaluation like spectrophotometry,
chromatography, etc.
Physicochemical and
Instrumental
Determination of the effects of drugs upon
microbes, animals, as animal tissues
Biological Evaluation
This method requires special apparatus for their
performance and a technique that is not chemical
in nature.
Biological Evaluation
Digitalis
Pigeon
Insulin injection
HPLC (rabbit)
Glucagon Injection
Cat
Oxytocin injection
Chicken
Vasopressin injection
Male rat
Rat, same (but of either sex)
Corticotropin injection
Male rat
Vasopressin injection
HPLC (rabbit)
Tubocurarine injection
Metocurine injection
Insulin injection