Adulteration in Herbal Drugs: A Burning Issue

• Main Authors: Shaheen, Shabnum (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Ramzan, Sehrish (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Khan, Farah (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Ahmad, Mushtaq (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Plant science.; Botany.; Complementary medicine.; Food-Biotechnology.; Plant Sciences.; Complementary & Alternative Medicine.; Food Science.

Substitution and adulteration in traded herbal raw material are common practice in the herbal industry due to the extinction of required species, deforestation and incorrect taxonomical identification. Herbalists have adopted methods to create high quality adulteration which cannot be detected witho...