Quality assurance of herbal drug valerian by chemotaxonomic markers

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1148-1154

  Ahmad, Mushtaq ^a   Khan, Mir Ajab ^a   Rashid, Umer ^b   Zafar, Muhammad ^a   Arshad, Muhammad ^c   Sultana, Shazia ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c Pir Mehr Ali Shah University   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomic markers; Herbal drug; Quality assurance; Valerian

Indexed keywords

BALCHUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIAN;

ACORUS CALAMUS; ARACEAE; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FORGERY; HYDROLYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUALITY CONTROL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VALERIANACEAE;

ACORUS CALAMUS; ARACEAE; VALERIANA; VALERIANA WALLICHII;

EID: 66749092598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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