Are there any pharmaceutical companies manufacturing such 'soluble herbal granules' in India?
You have two options to prepare Dried Herbal Decoction.
Freeze drying: freeze drier is used to dry substances which sensitive to high temperature (thermo labile).
Spray drying: In spray drying thermo labile compounds will probably decompose at high temperature
Freeze dried extracts retain thermo labile compounds which you will lose in spray drying at higher temperature. So, freeze drying is a better option.
So, Freeze drier is required to prepare Dried Herbal decoction.
For any further assistance you can contact
Jamia Hamdard located in your country (New Delhi, India).
Vice Chancellor: Dr. G. N. Qazi (91-11) 26059688, Fax. (91-11) 26059663.
Registrar:Dr. Firdous Ahmad Wani (91-11) 26059688
Faculty of Pharmacy
S. Raisuddin, M.Sc, Ph.D., Advisor (Research)*
Parantapa Sen, MBBS, MD, Ph.D., FAMS, Visiting Research Professor
Faculty of Medicine
Department of Ilmul Advia
MA Jafri, B.I.M.S., M.D., Professor
Mohd. Aftab Ahmad, B.U.M.S., M.D., Associate Professor*
Mohd. Asif, MSc, MPhil, Assistant Professor
Hifzul Kabir, B.U.M.S., M.D., Asst. Professor
Mohd. Aslam, B.U.M.S.,M.D., Assistant Professor
Qudsia Nizami, B.U.M.S.,M.D., Assistant Professor
Aysha Siddiqui, B.U.M.S.,M.D., Assistant Professor
I hope my answer will provide many open doors for you to solve your problem.
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SALMAN AHMED
Ph.D Fellow
Department of Pharmacognosy
Faculty of Pharmacy
You have two options to prepare Dried Herbal Decoction.
Freeze drying: freeze drier is used to dry substances which sensitive to high temperature (thermo labile).
Spray drying: In spray drying thermo labile compounds will probably decompose at high temperature
Freeze dried extracts retain thermo labile compounds which you will lose in spray drying at higher temperature. So, freeze drying is a better option.
So, Freeze drier is required to prepare Dried Herbal decoction.
For any further assistance you can contact
Jamia Hamdard located in your country (New Delhi, India).
Vice Chancellor: Dr. G. N. Qazi (91-11) 26059688, Fax. (91-11) 26059663.
Registrar:Dr. Firdous Ahmad Wani (91-11) 26059688
Faculty of Pharmacy
S. Raisuddin, M.Sc, Ph.D., Advisor (Research)*
Parantapa Sen, MBBS, MD, Ph.D., FAMS, Visiting Research Professor
Faculty of Medicine
Department of Ilmul Advia
MA Jafri, B.I.M.S., M.D., Professor
Mohd. Aftab Ahmad, B.U.M.S., M.D., Associate Professor*
Mohd. Asif, MSc, MPhil, Assistant Professor
Hifzul Kabir, B.U.M.S., M.D., Asst. Professor
Mohd. Aslam, B.U.M.S.,M.D., Assistant Professor
Qudsia Nizami, B.U.M.S.,M.D., Assistant Professor
Aysha Siddiqui, B.U.M.S.,M.D., Assistant Professor
I hope my answer will provide many open doors for you to solve your problem.
Regards
SALMAN AHMED
Ph.D Fellow
Department of Pharmacognosy
Faculty of Pharmacy
Ya i heard about these instruments Freeze drying, Spray drying. Does the medicinal potency get changed or not?
The traditional literature says, use specific type of fire/ specific time. When we incorporate this instrument for preparing , the medicinal potency get altered or not? Kindly clarify this?
As I have mentioned earlier medicinal potency remain same when you are using freeze drier.
To satisfy Merish and other researchers about my sentence
Medicinal potency remain same when you are using freeze drier.
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The Effect of Freeze-drying and its Implications for Botanical Medicine: A Review
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