Use of scanning electron microscopy in the authentication of botanicals

Pharmacopeial Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1075-1078

  Joshi, Vaishali C ^a   Khan, Ikhlas A ^a,b   Sharaf, Maged H M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b USP Dietary Supplements Botanicals Expert Committee ^*

^c UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; CASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; CHINESE DRUG; ESSENTIAL OIL; HARPAGIDE; HARPAGOSIDE; HYLANDER EXTRACT; JIAOMU; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SALVIA DIVINORUM EXTRACT;

AUTOMATION; BARK; CASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SCREENING; HARPAGOPHYTUM; HYLANDER; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SALVIA; SALVIA DIVINORUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENNA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STANDARDIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRICHOME; XYLEM;

EID: 48349134629     PISSN: 03634655     EISSN: 15421945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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