ANALYSIS OF PACKAGING SUITABILITY, PACKAGE LEAFLETS AND ADVERTISING PIECES OF HERBAL MEDICINES

Authors

  • Wanderley do Nascimento Júnior Centro Universitário Santo Agostinho Endereço: Av. Valter Alencar, 666, São Pedro, CEP: 64.019-625, Teresina/PI, Brasil.
  • Wanderson Lima do Nascimento Centro Universitário Santo Agostinho Endereço: Av. Valter Alencar, 666, São Pedro, CEP: 64.019-625, Teresina/PI, Brasil.
  • Debora de Alencar Franco Costa Doutora em Engenharia Biomédica pela Universidade Brasil - UNICASTELO. Endereço: Estrada projetada F1, S/N - Fazenda Santa Rita, Fernandópolis - SP, 15600-000. Professora Doutora do Centro Universitário Santo Agostinho - UNIFSA Endereço: Av. Valter Alencar, 666, São Pedro, CEP: 64.019-625, Teresina/PI, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14450/2318-9312.v31.e1.a2019.pp54-62

Keywords:

herbal medicines, advertising pieces, drug labeling

Abstract

Herbal medicines are products obtained by the exclusive use of active vegetal raw material, which efficacy and safety are validated through ethnopharmacological surveys, techno-scientific documentation in bibliography or indexed publications or by pre-clinical and clinical pharmacological and toxicological studies. Their quality is not only linked to their safety and efficacy, but to several issues that range from the aspects involved in the research to their use by the end user. Among them, the packaging plays a preponderant role, since it is also part of the product, serves to provide a certain presentation, protection, identification, information, acceptability and convenience of the product during the development, production, storage, transport, exhibition and use phases. Thus, the packaging represents an object of direct contact between the product and the user, so their technical, aesthetic and informative functions must comply with current legislation and ethical and moral concepts. The objective of this work is to evaluate the application of the Brazilian legislation for herbal medicines regarding the packaging and labelling through of herbal medicines in the Brazilian market and advertising pieces related to the sale of herbal products, comparing the results obtained with those of previous studies. It is a field research, with the objective of evaluating 10 herbal medicines from different drugstores in the city of Teresina-PI and 20 advertising pieces for the analysis. It was concluded that the legislation in course was more exercised compared to the results obtained in previous studies.

Author Biographies

Wanderley do Nascimento Júnior, Centro Universitário Santo Agostinho Endereço: Av. Valter Alencar, 666, São Pedro, CEP: 64.019-625, Teresina/PI, Brasil.

Graduando em farmácia pelo Centro Universitário Santo Agostinho-UNIFSA.

Endereço: Av. Valter Alencar, 666, São Pedro, CEP: 64.019-625, Teresina/PI, Brasil.

Wanderson Lima do Nascimento, Centro Universitário Santo Agostinho Endereço: Av. Valter Alencar, 666, São Pedro, CEP: 64.019-625, Teresina/PI, Brasil.

Gruando em farmácia pelo Centro Universitário Santo Agostinho.

Endereço: Av. Valter Alencar, 666, São Pedro, CEP: 64.019-625, Teresina/PI, Brasil.

Debora de Alencar Franco Costa, Doutora em Engenharia Biomédica pela Universidade Brasil - UNICASTELO. Endereço: Estrada projetada F1, S/N - Fazenda Santa Rita, Fernandópolis - SP, 15600-000. Professora Doutora do Centro Universitário Santo Agostinho - UNIFSA Endereço: Av. Valter Alencar, 666, São Pedro, CEP: 64.019-625, Teresina/PI, Brasil.

Doutora em Engenharia Biomedica (UNICASTELO).

Mestre em Genética e Toxicologia Aplicada pela Universidade Luterana do Brasil em Convênio com Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Piauí.

Possui graduação em Ciências Biológicas e Farmácia (ambas Bacharelado) pela Universidade Federal do Piauí (2002 e 2006 respectivamente).

Professora Doutora do Centro Universitário Santo Agostinho - UNIFSA.

Endereço: Av. Valter Alencar, 666, São Pedro, CEP: 64.019-625, Teresina/PI, Brasil.

Habilitada em Análises Clínicas pela Universidade Federal do Piauí (2007).

Atualmente é bióloga do Governo do Estado do Piauí atuando principalmente nas seguintes áreas: Carga Viral por Biologia Molecular e contagem de Linfócitos T CD4/ CD8 de pacientes portadores de HIV; 

Gestora Regional do Banco de Cordão Umbilical do Piauí (BCU - Brasil).

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Published

2019-04-01

How to Cite

Júnior, W. do N., do Nascimento, W. L., & Costa, D. de A. F. (2019). ANALYSIS OF PACKAGING SUITABILITY, PACKAGE LEAFLETS AND ADVERTISING PIECES OF HERBAL MEDICINES. Infarma - Pharmaceutical Sciences, 31(1), 54–62. https://doi.org/10.14450/2318-9312.v31.e1.a2019.pp54-62

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Vol. 31 No. 1 (2019)

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