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Physicochemical and Microbiological Assays for Quality Evaluation of a Brand of Mentha piperita Tisanes in Costa Rica Market: Employment of the Central American Technical Regulation
(2018)
Mentha piperita is a natural hybrid of water mint (Mentha aquatica) and spearmint (Mentha spicata L.), that are consumed as tisanes. For that reason, the present work evaluated physicochemical and microbiological aspects ...
Pruebas fisicoquímicas para la evaluación de la calidad de una marca costarricense de tisanas de valeriana
(2018)
La ingesta del té en la población se ha tornado una práctica cotidiana para la administración de sustancias con propiedades farmacológicas, como la valeriana. Los objetivos fueron evaluar algunos aspectos de la calidad ...
Implementación de un modelo de gestión de la innovación para empresas artesanales, pequeñas y medianas del sector farmacéutico en Costa Rica
Implementation of a model of management of innovation for artisanal small and medium enterprises of the pharmaceutic al sector in Costa Rica
(2019)
El objetivo de este artículo es describir los resultados obtenidos de la implementación de un modelo socio-económico que permite gestionar la innovación en empresas artesanales a través de la articulación de sectores ...
Importance of the Quality Control of Herbal Teas: Evaluation of Two Senna Leaf Tisanes Brands Commercialized in Costa Rica through Physicochemical and Microbiological Assays Stipulated in the Central American Technical Regulation 11.03.56.09
(2018)
The senna leaf contains a powerful natural laxative called anthraquinone. Despite this indication, the quality control of this raw material is not strict, compared to other substances with pharmacological properties, which ...
Control de calidad de un colirio comercializado en las macrobióticas de Costa Rica que declara contener materias primas naturales
Quality control of an ophthalmic solution commercialized in Costa Rica macrobiotics that claim to contain natural raw materials
(2017)
Justificación y objetivo: El Reglamento Técnico Centroamericano (RTCA) 11.03.64:11 (Productos Farmacéuticos. Productos Naturales Medicinales para Uso Humano. Registro Sanitario) especifica que los colirios no se pueden ...
A worldwide comparative-diagnostic study of medicinal natural products regulatory status
(2016)
Herbal products encompass a variety of preparations of plant origin
that are the oldest form that humanity has been using to treat diseases,
a practice that has grown enormously in the last decade. The aim of
this study ...
Phytochemical characterization of extracts of the mesocarp of Bactris gasipaes and evaluation of its antioxidant power for pharmaceutical dermal formulations
(2019)
The Bactris gasipaes is a native palm from Central America which its fruit is known as pejibaye, its
wood is also used for the manufacture of various utensils, the marrow of its tender stems is edible and it
is called ...
Quality verification of six medicines in wholes and halves tablets, re-packaged in individual plastic compartments during sixty days
(2017)
Plastic boxes with individual compartments are often used to improve
medication compliance and only a few studies have been done on the
stability of the tablet halves after placing them on these devices. In this
investigation, ...
Socioeconomic and intellectual property analysis in pharmaceutical natural products
(2018-02)
The absence of a consolidated definition of the term “natural product” is a problem to establish a relationship between this concept and intellectual property. The intellectual property includes many different categories, ...