04ME26 - Herbal Medicine Quality: Challenges and Solutions Format:Audio and hydrosols is a branch

and hydrosols is a branch of Ayurvedic medicine

herbal medicines which may be useful or harmful

calamus root

East and West

04ME26 - Herbal Medicine Quality: Challenges and Solutions Format:Audio and hydrosols is a branchSpeaker: Roy Upton. Quality issues are discussed including herbal adulteration, microbial contamination, heavy metal accumulation and the use of poor quality material; toxic solvents and sterilization techniques. Guidance for identifying and avoiding these problems is presented, including techniques for macroscopic and microscopic identification, chemical and botanical characterization and assessing the integrity of vendors.