Abstract
This study is an integral part of a research project which seeks the establishment of protocols for the production of standardized herbal dried extracts emphasizing the spouted bed drying. This thesis was conducted at faculty of Pharmaceutical Science of Ribeirão Preto/University of São Paulo, Brazil, under supervision of Prof. Dr. Wanderley Pereira Oliveira∗, defended on September 28, 2007.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Financial support was provided by FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo).