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This comprehensive textbook Herbal Drug Formulation and Standardization is primarily focussed at the course requirements of Under-Graduate, Post-Graduate, Ph.D. (Course work) students of Pharmacy, students of allied disciplines, and scholars engaged in herbal drug R & D. It mainly includes factual, scientific, authoritative, updated information regarding various aspects of herbal drug formulation & standardization for the development of safe and efficacious herbal drugs for therapeutic use. The recent and updated understanding about herbal drug formulation & standardization has been systematically elaborated and compiled under six chapters of the book namely: Natural Products, Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals Challenges of Herbal Drugs Formulation and Standardization - Medicinal plant related Challenges, Pharmaceutical challenges and Regulatory challenges Standardization and Quality Evaluation of Crude Drugs Formulation and Development of Herbal Drugs – Traditional, Conventional and Novel Characterization of Herbal Formulations Packaging, Stability, and Shelf-life of Herbal Products The book rationally includes research based examples and self-explanatory scientific figures. Contents 1. Natural Products, Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals 2. Challenges of Herbal Drugs Formulation and Standardization 3. Standardization and Quality Evaluation of Crude Drugs 4. Formulation and Development of Herbal Drugs 5. Characterization of Herbal Formulations 6. Packaging, Stability, and Shelf-life of Herbal Products Bibliography