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MEDICINAL PLANTS: Quality, Safety &
Commercialization
Aruna D. Weerasooriya, Ph.D. FLS Texas A&M University System
Cooperative Agricultural Research Center Prairie View, Texas
Science & Technology for Society Forum Sri Lanka 2016
Outline
• Medicinal Plants • Traditional Medicine Systems • Quality maintenance in raw material • Use of Medicinal Plants in the United States • Herbal Dietary Supplements: Issues in the US
• Uncontrolled Psychoactive Plants • Commercialization • Current Research
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Medicinal Plants • Over 70,000 plant species are thought to be
Medicinal
• 80% of people living in developing countries use traditional medicine as primary healthcare needs
• The global trade in herbal products is over $60 billion a year
• Most of the popular commercial drugs have been derived from plants
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Traditional Medicine Systems • Indian system of TM (Ayurveda, Siddha and
Unani)
• Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Ancient Iranian Medicine
• Ancient Islamic Medicine
• Traditional Korean Medicine
• Traditional African Medicine
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• Collection • Wild crafted • Cultivated
• Collection time & Quality • Time of the Day/ Season • Growth stage of the plant species
Quality maintenance in raw material
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Quality maintenance in raw material • Substitute plants
• Processing
• Harvest and postharvest handling • Drying • Grinding / Extraction
• Detoxification
• Combining several species
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Use of Medicinal Plants in the United States
• Herbal Dietary Supplements • Pharmaceuticals • Fragrances • Flavoring ingredients • Coloring ingredients
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Morinda citrifolia L. (Rubiaceae)
Noni – Anticancer/antioxidant
Herbal Dietary Supplements: Issues in the US
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Lycium barbarum L. (Solanaceae) Gojiberry – for long life
Herbal Dietary Supplements: Issues in the US
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Hoodia gordonii (Masson) Sweet ex Decne. (Asclepiadaceae)
Appetite Suppressant
Herbal Dietary Supplements: Issues in the US
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Herbal Viagra : Herbal products laced with sildenafil citrate
Herbal Dietary Supplements: Issues in the US
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Turnera diffusa Willd. ex Schult.
(Turneraceae)
Damina
Leonotis leonurus (L.) R.Br.
(Lamiaceae)
Wild Dagga
Leonurus sibiricus L.
(Lamiaceae)
Marihuanilla
Uncontrolled Psychoactive Plants
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Medicinal Plants: Commercialization
Goraka
Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) Roxb.
Weight loss
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Medicinal Plants: Commercialization
Ceylon Cinnamon
Cinnamomum verum J.Presl
Food flavoring; Diabetes
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Medicinal Plants: Commercialization
Tumeric
Curcuma longa L.
Alzheimer’s; Arthritis
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Medicinal Plants: Commercialization
Soursop; Graviola
Annona muricata L.
Anti-tumor
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Medicinal Plants: Commercialization
Mangosteen
Garcinia mangostana L.
Anti-tumor; Antioxidant
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Medicinal Plants: Commercialization
Moringa
Moringa oleifera Lam.
Antiasthmatic; Antioxidant
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Yams & Wild Yams
Dioscorea sp.
HRT and Contraceptive
Medicinal Plants: Commercialization
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Salvia miltiorrhiza (Lamiaceae) Red Sage - promotes blood circulation and vessel inflammation
Danshen Dripping Pill
Medicinal Plants: Commercialization
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• Stevia rebaudiana Natural Sweetener
Medicinal Plants: Commercialization
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• Study of the authenticity, quality and safety of the raw material used in US herbal industry by using botanical, chemical and genomic techniques
• Develop comprehensive reference system for industries and regulatory agencies.
• Optimization of bioactive compounds in medicinal plants by using traditional agronomic practices and genetic engineering.
Current Research
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Phyla dulcis (Trevir.) Moldenke Natural Sweetener
(Hernandulcin)
Medicinal Plants: Commercialization
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Thank You
Questions?
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