The quality of commercially available herbal products

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 733-744

  Ruparel, Priya ^a   Lockwood, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical techniques; Herbal medicinal products; Quality

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTHOCYANIN; ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; COLCHICINE; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT; PHYTOESTROGEN; SABAL EXTRACT; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM EXTRACT; VALERIAN;

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATA ANALYSIS; DENSITOMETRY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; HEALTH HAZARD; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79955801725     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100600529     Document Type: Review

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