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AP-CF/Guidelines-GMCL & LAB/Final
GUIDELINES FOR HARVESTING, STORAGE, DRYING AND GRADING & STRUCTURES REQUIRED FOR VALUE ADDITION AND STORAGE
PREPARED FOR ANDHRA PRADESH FOREST DEPARTMENT
GMCL & LAB
JULY 2002
AP-CF/Guidelines-GMCL & LAB/Final
GUIDELINES FOR HARVESTING, STORAGE, DRYING AND GRADING & STRUCTURES REQUIRED FOR VALUE ADDITION AND STORAGE
PREPARED FOR ANDHRA PRADESH FOREST DEPARTMENT
Contributors :
G. RAJU Dr. M.S. Sastry
GMCL & LAB
AP-CF/Guidelines-GMCL & LAB/Final
Value Addition to Raw drugs
In the Report on “Value Addition Techniques for commercially important medicinal plants of Andhra Pradesh including Pharmacoepial standards for 61 species ”, discussion on good storage practices, drying methods etc., have been provided.
The following section discusses the value addition route to raw drugs. Ayurvedic formulation: This route can ensure a value addition in the range of 4-10 times or more. Ayurvedic formulation can be made from the Ayurvedic Formulary of India, a standard reference for this purpose. The technology involved is simple. There are a plethora of products and the consumer may have a problem in differentiating a good quality product from a spurious one. The market survey reveals that the products are not formulated on any standards. Each company makes its own formulations and the claims are not substantiated. Even if the enterprise was to make genuine products the challenge will be to build an image of quality. It is expected that the market for herbal products will grow to about Rs 4000 crores by about 2002 AD. So while there is space for introducing formulations the challenge will be to build a brand image. Export of such products is another avenue of opportunity. The table 1 gives an idea of market of different products that are produced from the species that we have identified.
Table:1 Sl. no Prices of Sample Products plant name price of crude drug A. paniculata 20.00 M. pruriens 30.00 C....
GUIDELINES FOR HARVESTING, STORAGE, DRYING AND GRADING & STRUCTURES REQUIRED FOR VALUE ADDITION AND STORAGE
PREPARED FOR ANDHRA PRADESH FOREST DEPARTMENT
GMCL & LAB
JULY 2002
AP-CF/Guidelines-GMCL & LAB/Final
GUIDELINES FOR HARVESTING, STORAGE, DRYING AND GRADING & STRUCTURES REQUIRED FOR VALUE ADDITION AND STORAGE
PREPARED FOR ANDHRA PRADESH FOREST DEPARTMENT
Contributors :
G. RAJU Dr. M.S. Sastry
GMCL & LAB
AP-CF/Guidelines-GMCL & LAB/Final
Value Addition to Raw drugs
In the Report on “Value Addition Techniques for commercially important medicinal plants of Andhra Pradesh including Pharmacoepial standards for 61 species ”, discussion on good storage practices, drying methods etc., have been provided.
The following section discusses the value addition route to raw drugs. Ayurvedic formulation: This route can ensure a value addition in the range of 4-10 times or more. Ayurvedic formulation can be made from the Ayurvedic Formulary of India, a standard reference for this purpose. The technology involved is simple. There are a plethora of products and the consumer may have a problem in differentiating a good quality product from a spurious one. The market survey reveals that the products are not formulated on any standards. Each company makes its own formulations and the claims are not substantiated. Even if the enterprise was to make genuine products the challenge will be to build an image of quality. It is expected that the market for herbal products will grow to about Rs 4000 crores by about 2002 AD. So while there is space for introducing formulations the challenge will be to build a brand image. Export of such products is another avenue of opportunity. The table 1 gives an idea of market of different products that are produced from the species that we have identified.
Table:1 Sl. no Prices of Sample Products plant name price of crude drug A. paniculata 20.00 M. pruriens 30.00 C....