Polysaccharides of crude herbal drugs as a group of biologically active compounds in the field of modern pharmacognosy: Physicochemical properties, classification, pharmacopoeial analysis

This review provides an overview of polysaccharides as a multifaceted group of biologically active compounds; they are discussed in the framework of modern pharmacognostic analysis. Data on chemical classification, component composition, physicochemical properties, and the content of polysaccharides in crude herbal drugs in the Russian Federation are consistently presented and analyzed. Some general groups and major compounds are characterized taking into account the use in pharmaceutical practice. Polysaccharides are the products of secondary metabolism; some of them can be used in pharmacy as excipients, while others have pronounced pharmacological effects and are active pharmaceutical ingredients. Improvement and development of procedures for the pharmacopoeial. analysis of crude herbal drugs containing polysaccharides and preparations based on are important tasks of modern pharmacognosy. © 2020 EManuscript Technologies. All rights reserved.

Authors
Bokov D.O.1, 2 , Sharipova R.I.3 , Potanina O.G. 4 , Nikulin A.V. 4 , Nasser R.A. 4 , Samylina I.A.1 , Chevidaev V.V.1 , Kakhramanova S.D.1, 5 , Sokhin D.M.1 , Klyukina E.S.1 , Rendyuk T.D.1 , Janulis V.6 , Krasnyuk I.I. 1 , Bessonov V.V.2
Publisher
EManuscript Technologies
Number of issue
6
Language
English
Pages
206-212
Status
Published
Volume
11
Year
2020
Organizations
  • 1 Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 8 Trubetskaya St., bldg. 2, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
  • 2 Federal Research Center of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety, 2/14 Ustyinsky pr., Moscow, 109240, Russian Federation
  • 3 Bashkir State Medical University, 3, Lenina str., Ufa, 450008, Russian Federation
  • 4 Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 6, Miklukho-Maklaya Street, Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation
  • 5 Federal State Budgetary Institution Scientific Centre for Expert Evaluation of Medicinal Products, 8/2 Petrovsky Boulevard, Moscow, 127051, Russian Federation
  • 6 Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, LT-50162, Lithuania
Keywords
Crude herbal drugs; Pharmacognosy; Pharmacopoeial analysis; Polysaccharides
Date of creation
02.11.2020
Date of change
02.11.2020
Short link
https://repository.rudn.ru/en/records/article/record/65633/
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