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...

Table of Contents:

• CHAPTER 1: Adulteration A Global Issue
• CHAPTER 2: Types and Causes of Adulteration: Global Perspectives
• CHAPTER 3: Why Study Herbal Plants?
• CHAPTER 4: History, Classification, Worldwide Distribution and Significance of Herbal Plants
• CHAPTER 5: Marketed Herbal Drugs: How Adulteration Affects
• CHAPTER 6: Preventive Measures to Stop Adulteration in Marketed Herbal Samples
• CHAPTER 7: Medicinal Wealth of Pakistan
• CHAPTER 8: Marketed Herbal Plants in Pakistan: Case Studies
• CHAPTER 9: List of Commonly used Herbal Drugs throughout the World
• CHAPTER 10: A pictorial guide of marketed herbal plants: Comparison with the original sample.