Why HPTLC Is The Best Choice For Analysis Of Herbal Samples?
Why HPTLC Is The Best Choice For Analysis Of Herbal Samples? HPTLC Method for Herbal Medicines Herbal medicines are drugs which are originated from herbal ingredients. As herbal medicines are complex mixtures of many different types of components, it is very difficult and challenging task to analyze them. Quality control, authenticity of the samples/products, safety concerns are difficult questions to answer affecting a huge market and covering many fields of herbal industry like Nutraceutical, Ayurvedic drugs, dietary supplements, Siddha drugs, Homeopathic drugs etc. When herbal samples are in raw material form i.e., crude drug in the form of flowers, fruit, stem, root or leaves it is possible to identify the same by means of macroscopic and microscopic characteristics. However, this type of study does not give much information about its chemical composition other than its authenticity or identity. This composition can be affected by age, environmental factors such as mineral nutrit