Herb and spice fraud; the drivers, challenges and detection

P Galvin-King, SA Haughey, CT Elliott - Food Control, 2018 - Elsevier
The global herb and spice industry, valued at approximately US $4 billion, continues to
grow. This industry is continuously under threat from criminals dealing in economically …

[HTML][HTML] Authentication of medicinal plants by DNA markers

SH Ganie, P Upadhyay, S Das, MP Sharma - Plant gene, 2015 - Elsevier
Medicinal plants have been used worldwide for centuries to maintain health and to treat
diseases, more so chronic diseases. However, adulteration and use of spurious materials as …

DNA barcoding: A modern age tool for detection of adulteration in food

N Nehal, B Choudhary, A Nagpure… - Critical reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Globalization of the food trade requires precise and exact information about the origin,
methods of production, transformation technologies, authentication, and the traceability of …

Current trends in toxicity assessment of herbal medicines: A narrative review

A Jităreanu, A Trifan, M Vieriu, IC Caba, I Mârțu… - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Even in modern times, the popularity level of medicinal plants and herbal medicines in
therapy is still high. The World Health Organization estimates that 80% of the population in …

Point-and-shoot: rapid quantitative detection methods for on-site food fraud analysis–moving out of the laboratory and into the food supply chain

DI Ellis, H Muhamadali, SA Haughey, CT Elliott… - Analytical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Major food adulteration and contamination events occur with alarming regularity and are
known to be episodic, with the question being not if but when another large-scale food …

The feasibility of applying NIR and FT-IR fingerprinting to detect adulteration in black pepper

AS Wilde, SA Haughey, P Galvin-King, CT Elliott - Food Control, 2019 - Elsevier
Black pepper is the most widely used spice in the world. Spices are highly vulnerable to
economically motivated adulteration as they are high value products and traded along …

Hyperspectral imaging as a powerful tool for identification of papaya seeds in black pepper

I Orrillo, JP Cruz-Tirado, A Cardenas, M Oruna… - Food Control, 2019 - Elsevier
Food fraud generates great economic losses for the industry and causes distrust in the
consumer and traders. Black pepper is one of the most valued spices in the world, being …

Analytical techniques combined with chemometrics for authentication and determination of contaminants in condiments: A review

I Reinholds, V Bartkevics, ICJ Silvis… - Journal of Food …, 2015 - Elsevier
Spices and herbs play an important role as flavorings, colorants, and also as bioactive
compounds used in medicine and cosmetics. The presence of common contaminants, eg …

Emerging techniques for adulterant authentication in spices and spice products

A Negi, A Pare, R Meenatchi - Food Control, 2021 - Elsevier
Spices have great monetary value, and it has a vast range of functionalities such as
flavouring of food, perfumery, cosmetics, medicinal use, and preservative properties …

Species adulteration in the herbal trade: causes, consequences and mitigation

R Srirama, JU Santhosh Kumar, GS Seethapathy… - Drug safety, 2017 - Springer
The global economy of the international trade of herbal products has been increasing by
15% annually, with the raw material for most herbal products being sourced from South and …