Toxicity profile of traditional herbal medicine

Abstract

Medicines obtained from natural sources have become the basis for pharmaceutical drugs. Traditional herbal medicines are naturally occurring plant derived substances; these have been used for treatment and cure of various diseases and as a nutraceuticals. Toxicological research and testing help to live safely and predict benefit from synthetic and natural substance while avoiding harm. The toxicity study is done for data profiling and safety of the herbal drugs, the toxicity study of various plant and herbal formulation are reported. This review briefly discusses the need of toxicity study, toxicity produced by plants and safe traditional herbal medicine.