Different chromatographic and electrophoretic techniques commonly used in the
instrumental inspection of herbal medicines (HM) are first comprehensively reviewed …

Botanicals and herbal preparations are medicinal preparations, containing a single or two or
more medicinal plants. The focus of this review paper is on the analytical methodologies …

As botanicals and many medicinal plants can be processed to become a food or a health
supplement, a drug or cosmetics, chemical standardization is important for their quality …

A HPLC survey was undertaken of the external flavonoids in 111 herbarium specimens of
Ocimum americanum L.(O. canum Sims), which were largely collected from their natural …

Prolonged dietary exposure to AA-contaminated food crops cultivated in contaminated
farmland was shown to be one of the main culprits of Balkan endemic nephropathy. Ultra …

Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Species of Aristolochia are associated with
aristolochic acid nephropathy (AAN), a renal interstitial fibrosis and upper urinary tract …

Aristolochic acid I (AA-I), which is a known nephrotoxin, is found in a commonly used
Chinese medicine, Xixin, that originates from nine Asarum species (Aristolochiaceae) found …

Aristolochic acids (AAs) are a toxic substance present in certain natural plants. Direct human
exposure to these plants containing AAs leads to a severe and irreversible condition known …

Tussilago farfara (Kuan Donghua) is an important Chinese herbal medicine which has been
shown to contain many bioactive compounds and widely used to relieve cough and resolve …

This paper describes a liquid chromatography–electrospray–ion trap mass spectrometry (LC–
ES–ITMS) method for the determination of aristolochic acid I and II (AA-I and AA-II) in …