African Journal of
Pharmacy and Pharmacology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0816
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPP
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 2284

Full Length Research Paper

An evaluation of Pakistani pharmacy students’ knowledge of herbal medicines in Pakistan

G. MURTAZA1*, S. AZHAR1, S. NOREEN2, S. A. KHAN1, A. KHAN3, B. NASIR4, A. MUMTAZ3, M. ZAMAN5 and M. S. U. REHMAN5
1Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan. 2Department of Chemistry, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan. 3Department of Chemistry, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan. 4Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan. 5Department of Pharmacy, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
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  •  Accepted: 05 January 2011
  •  Published: 22 January 2012

Abstract

The objective of study was to evaluate the knowledge of students on herbal medicines in Pakistan. To evaluate knowledge among the students, a questionnaire based study about herbal medicines was designed. Mean age of responding students was 22 years, some of them had used herbal medicines in past and some were still using. Majority of the students were interested in the information related to herbal medicines. The response of students about herbal medicines was good. But they had a little knowledge about their adverse effects. But some of them had no idea about the interaction between herbal medicines and allopathic medicines. Herbal medicine information should take a part of pharmacy curriculum for undergraduate students. Education program should be started amongst the pharmacists about the safety of herbal medicines in Pakistan.

 

Keywords: Herbs, students, perception, survey, Pakistan.

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