Chemical Adulterants in Herbal Medicinal Products: A Review.
@article{Calahan2016ChemicalAI, title={Chemical Adulterants in Herbal Medicinal Products: A Review.}, author={Jacob Calahan and Dylan Howard and Ahmad J. Almalki and Mahabir P Gupta and Angela I. Calder{\'o}n}, journal={Planta medica}, year={2016}, volume={82 6}, pages={ 505-15 } }
Many herbal medicinal products have been found to contain synthetic prescription drugs as chemical adulterants. This has become evident by the number of toxicity cases and adverse reactions reported in which casualties were reported via analytical techniques that detected the presence of chemical adulterants in them, which could be responsible for their toxicity. The adulteration of herbal medicinal products with synthetic drugs continues to be a serious problem for regulatory agencies. This…
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