The global herbal products market has grown in recent years, making regulation of these products paramount for public healthcare. For instance, the common horsetail (Equisetum arvense L.) is used in numerous herbal products, but it can be adulterated with closely related species, especially E. palustre L. that can produce toxic alkaloids. As morphology-based identification is often difficult or...

In a maca-containing herbal supplement claimed to remedy erectile dysfunction, a new sildenafil analogue was found using adulterant screening with TLC, GC-MS and LC-MS/MS. This compound was isolated by column chromatography and HPLC, and identified by extensive 1D- and 2D-NMR and mass spectral analyses. The structure of this new compound was established as 5-[2-ethoxy-5-(piperazine-1-carbonyl) ...

The identification of authentic plant species is important for the quality control of traditional herbal medicines. The Pinelliae Tuber described as the tuber of only Pinellia ternata in national pharmacopoeia of Korea, China, and Japan. However, the tubers and herbal medicines derived from Pinellia ternata are similar to those derived from P. tripartita, P. pedatisecta, and Typhonium flagellif...

Jinten hitam ( Nigella sativa ) is one of the medicinal plants in family Ranunculaceae, native to Mediterranean region and several regions Asia. The seed widely cultivated, distributed, used pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food industries. Due similar morphology its potential adulterant such as Corchorus spp., N. seeds are susceptible adulteration substitution markets. Molecular markers have become...

Morphologically Tincspora sinensis (Lour.) Merrill is differentiated from T. cordifolia Miers. Only by the tomentose leaves. The present anatomical study aids in differentiating pieces of woods of T. sinensis from those of T. cordifolia which is often mixed as adulterant or substitute for T. cordifolia in several Ayurvedic compound preparations.

Black pepper is an expensive commodity with a high risk of adulteration. Ground papaya seed the main adulterant in because it cannot be discriminated visually. There are few destructive methods. Since costlier, non-destructive method adulteration must but challenging one. The existing uses costlier equipment, bulky, involve laboratory-based testing, time consuming process. To overcome above iss...

Levamisole is an antihelminthic agent used mainly by veterinarians that is now commonly used as an adulterant in cocaine [1]. Numerous case reports have connected levamisole with vasculitis and neutropenia [2, 3]. Our case focuses on a patient who used weekly cocaine contaminated with levamisole and developed necrosis of the skin in her lower extremities, abdomen, and lower back. To our knowled...

Pharmacognosy Research,2023,15,1,176-183.DOI:10.5530/097484900201Published:December 2022Type:Original ArticleAuthors:Susikumar Sundharamoorthy, Sunil Kumar Koppala Narayana, Madhavaraj Vellaiyan, Shakila Ramachandran, Sekar Thangavel, and Ilavarasan Raju Author(s) affiliations:Susikumar Sundharamoorthy1, Narayana1, Vellaiyan1, Ramachandran2, Thangavel3, Raju1,* 1Captain Srinivasa Murthy Central...