Brazilain Regulation on Medicinal Plants and Herbal Medicines

Medicinal plants are worldly spread deal to keep or to recover the health, including in Brazil where they are widely used. Products obtained from medicinal plants are regulated by the National System of Health Surveillance, which is coordenated by Nacional Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA). As a p...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Carvalho, Ana Cecília B., Branco, Patrícia F., Fernandes, Liliane A., Marques, Robelma F. de O., Cunha, Simone C., Perfeito, João Paulo S.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Brasil
Institución:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Repositorio:Revista Fitos
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistafitos.far.fiocruz.br:article/132
Acceso en línea:https://revistafitos.far.fiocruz.br/index.php/revista-fitos/article/view/132
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:plantas medicinais
fitoterápicos
regulação
ANVISA
medicinal plants
herbal medicines
regulation
Descripción
Sumario:Medicinal plants are worldly spread deal to keep or to recover the health, including in Brazil where they are widely used. Products obtained from medicinal plants are regulated by the National System of Health Surveillance, which is coordenated by Nacional Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA). As a pharmaceutical product, there are many ways to classify phytotherapics: medicinal plants, notificated vegetal drugs, industrialized or manipulated herbal medicines. In the other hand, medicinal plants could be used in manufacturing of cosmetics and foods. The health control for these products by ANVISA is different and depend on how they are produced or their exigency degree related to safety, eficacy or quality defined in law. The different categories and the specific regulation for this products are discussed in this article.