Affiliations: Departamento de Biomedicina e Farmácia,
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Brazil | Laboratório de Pesquisa de Produtos Naturais, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goi�, Brazil | Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade
de Brasília, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília DF,
Brazil
Note: [] Corresponding author: Leonardo Luiz Borges, Departamento de
Biomedicina e Farmácia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de
Goiás, Brazil. Tel.: +55 62 3209 6183; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Herbal drugs for the prevention and treatment of various health
disorders has been in practice a long time around the world. Generally the risk
associated with herbal medicines is low, but some reports on serious reactions
have been indicating the need of regulation and standards for these products.
In this context, in the last five years, Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency
(Anvisa) has been reframing some rules related to herbal medicines to assure
quality, safety and efficacy of these products. Therefore, the aim of this
review is to present a historical set of legislation in order to understanding
the currently context of legal rules regarding herbal medicines, showing the
progress of herbal medicine regulation in Brazil.
Keywords: Herbal medicine, regulation, herbal drug harmonization, quality control
