Quality assurance of herbal raw materials in supply chain: Challenges and opportunities

Journal of Dietary Supplements

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-212

  Govindaraghavan, Suresh ^a  

^a LIPA Pharmaceuticals Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Herbal authentication; Herbal medicine; Herbal raw material; HPTLC; Phytochemistry; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 58149171616     PISSN: 19390211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19390210802332810     Document Type: Article

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