Quality control of herbal drugs and preparations: The methods of analysis, their relevance and applications
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N.W. Muyumba a, c, S.C. Mutombo, H Sheridan , A. Nachtergael , P. Duex, Quality control of herbal drugs and preparations: The methods of analysis, their relevance and applications, Talanta Open, 2021Download Item:
Abstract:
Medicinal plants have been used for a very long time to improve human health; they are gaining increasing
popularity globally as drugs, complementary and alternative medicines, food supplements, cosmetics and, more
surprisingly, as medical devices. The complexity of herbs and extracts, supplied to such a wide range of markets
and in different requlatory environments, raises major quality issues, increasing the need for appropriate
analytical methods for their identification and standardization, but also for the detection of adulterants and
contaminants. Customs laboratories are often confronted with herbal samples which pose a range of challenges,
ranging from quality issues to safety and even legal issues. Selecting a relevant analytical method, from the many
available (microscopy, spectrometry, spectroscopy, chromatography...), is a crucial point that mainly depends
on the set analytical goals. This review aims to detail such analytical goals and their complexity to propose a
selection of analytical methods likely fit for each purpose. Major limiting factors, such as herbal product naming,
sampling and sample preparation are also discussed.
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Author: Sheridan, Helen
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Medicinal plants, herbs, herbal product namingSubject (TCD):
Traditional medicineDOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talo.2021.100070Metadata
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