Herbal Medicinal Plants

As per available reports about 60 journals, 32 Conferences, 10 workshops are presently dedicated exclusively to Herbal Medicinal plants and about 266582 articles are being published on the current trends in Herbal Medicinal plants. In terms of research annually, USA, India, Japan, Brazil and Canada are some of the leading countries where maximum studies related to industry management are being carried out. As reported in Quantitative High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography for the Analysis of Herbal Medicines: Problems and Advantages, 2nd edition, Plants which have ability to synthesize the wide range of chemical compounds are called Herbal Medicinal plants. Although medicinal plants have been used for thousands of years, there are still many issues associate with the quality control, standardization and effectiveness of herbal formulations. Medicinal plants are complex mixtures with frequently unknown active constituents. They are mostly prepared from the crude extracts, not standardized or analysed for the content of the active ingredients. Quality control is difficult, as many factors can influence the final product; i.e. growth conditions of the plant, parts of the plant used, preparation of the plant for use, extraction method, volume of extract used in the final preparation and many others. All of these factors can affect the level of active compound, and therefore the effectiveness of the herbal formulation. It is also difficult to define the active compound in medicinal plant since some constituents might demonstrate significant synergistic effect.

Alternative & Integrative Medicine is an academic journal – hosted by OMICS International – a pioneer in open access publishing–and is listed among the top 10 journals in herbal medicinal plants. Each year research scientists have noticed a rise in the number of congresses being held in this field. Alternative & Integrative Medicine provides a unique platform to researchers and scientist to explore the advanced and latest research developments in the field of Herbal Medicinal plants, thus bridging the gap between researchers and young scientists.

OMICS International – a pioneer in organizing international conferences which organizes scientific conferences on Clinical Sciences, Engineering & Applied Sciences, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, Omics & Management and Pharmaceutical/Chemistry and it is a perfect platform for global networking. 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Traditional & Alternative Medicine (Traditional Medicine-2014) during August 25-26, 2014 Beijing, China. Traditional Medicine-2014 mainly aims to create a unique platform to bring experts and researchers in s Ayurvedic medicine, homeopathy, osteopathy, chiropractic, aromatherapy and anthroposophic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, traditional-medicine around the world, where they discuss the current research, achievements and advancements in the field.