O uso de plantas medicinais para fins de tratamento e prevenção de enfermidades é considerado uma das mais antigas formas de prática medicinal na humanidade, tornando-se o primeiro recurso terapêutico utilizado por povos primitivos. O presente estudo tem como objetivo avaliar a qualidade de amostras de plantas medicinais comercializadas, à base de camomila e chá verde, através dos parâmetros contidos na Farmacopeia Brasileira e na literatura específica. Foram analisadas nove amostras de camomila e nove amostras de chá verde adquiridas de forma aleatória em farmácias na cidade de Montes Claros. A metodologia consistiu em avaliar: os rótulos e bulas dos produtos verificando se estavam de acordo com a RDC no 17 de 24/02/2000 e a portaria 110/97 da ANVISA; realizar análise sensorial; verificar a autenticidade das amostras. Todas as amostras analisadas apresentaram alguma irregularidade, segundo os códigos oficiais, sendo necessária uma maior intensificação na vigilância de produtos à base de plantas medicinais no Brasil.
Honey is a food product, known for a long time due to its health benefits, but despite all growth involving the product, the quality control is not a common practice among all producers and traders who is on the market . Quality control of honey objective to offer consumers products in accordance with current regulations as it is subject to tampering and also contamination. The aim of this study is to analyze samples of honey sold in the municipal market Claros-MG Montes. This is an experimental study with 6 different honey sample obtained in several property of the city. The following parameters were analyzed: organoleptic and general characteristics, microscopic analysis, PH, check for possible impurities present in the sample, lugol reaction, lund reaction, total ash, moisture and Feire reaction. The results indicated that one of the samples analyzed was not in accordance with national and international legislation referred to the quality of marketed honey. Good Manufacturing Practices recommended to be applied both in apiaries as in warehouses so there is the guarantee of the quality of produced and processed honey, because it is a food consumed by the population.
