Molecules (Oct 2021)

Recent Analytical Method for Detection of Chemical Adulterants in Herbal Medicine

  • Rimadani Pratiwi,
  • Ratu Hanifa Fayza Dipadharma,
  • Ishmat Jati Prayugo,
  • Olivia Angelina Layandro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26216606
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 21
p. 6606

Abstract

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Herbal medicine has become popular in recent years as an alternative medicine. The problem arises when herbal medicines contain an undeclared synthetic drug that is illegally added, since it is a natural product that does not contain any chemical drugs due to the potential cause of harmful effects. Supervision of herbal medicines is important to ensure that these herbal medicines are still safe to use. Thus, developing a reliable analytical technique for the determination of adulterated drugs in herbal medicine is gaining interest. This review aims to provide a recent analytical method that has been used within the past 5 years (2016–2021) for the determination of chemical adulterants in herbal medicine.

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