Authentication of misidentified crude herbal drugs marketed in Pakistan

作者：Zafar Muhammad; Khan Mir Ajab; Ahmad Mushtaq^*; Sultana Shazia; Qureshi Rahmatullah; Tareen Rasool Bakhsh

来源：Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 2010, 4(15): 1584-1593.

• Pakistan
• authentication
• misidentified
• crude herbs
• market

The main aim of this paper is to use taxonomic and chemical method for authentication of a traditional herbal drug locally known as "Kiandari". This herbal drug is commonly traded at herbal shops of Indo-Pak subcontinent region. The genuine botanical source of this drug is controversial throughout the region. Four different species; Argemone mexicana L., Cnicus benedictus L., Fagonia indica Burm. and Solanum suratense Burm. f. are found in herbal shops under the same trade name Kiandari. In this study morpho-palynological scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis and chemotaxonomic thin layer chromatographic (TLC), ultra-violet (UV) and IR analysis markers were used to differentiate herbal raw material with resolution of botanical identity and origin of correct species. Compared with other characters, chemotaxonomic markers are more robust, accurate, reproducible and reliable source for authentication of genuine herbal drugs and their adulteration.

• 出版日期2010-8-4