Botanicals : methods and techniques for quality & authenticity / edited by Kurt A. Reynertson, Khalid Mahmood. - Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xvii, 314 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Chapter 1. The importance of quality and authenticity for botanical R&D / chapter 2. The importance of proper selection of product quality specifications and methods of analysis for botanical product evaluation / chapter 3. Cultivating botanicals for sensory quality : from good agricultural practices to taste discernment by smallholder tea farmers / chapter 4. Using traditional taxonomy and vouchers in authentication and quality control / chapter 5. The DNA toolkit : a practical user's guide to genetic methods of botanical authentication / chapter 6. Metabolic profiling and proper identification of botanicals : a case study of Black Cohosh / chapter 7. A model for nontargeted detection of adulterants / chapter 8. The promise of class prediction : how multivariate statistics can help determine botanical quality and authenticity / chapter 9. Conformation of botanical or bio-based materials by radiocarbon and stable isotope ratio analysis / chapter 10. Botanical isoscapes : emerging stable isotope tools for authentication and geographic sourcing / chapter 11. Nuclear magnetic resonance : a revolutionary tool for nutraceutical analysis / chapter 12. Quality and authenticity of complex natural mixtures : analysis of honey using NMR spectroscopy and statistics / chapter 13. Application of CRAFT to data reduction of NMR spectra of botanical samples / chapter 14. Practical use of FT-NIR for identification and qualification of botanicals : a fit-for-purpose approach / chapter 15. High-performance thin-layer chromatography for the identification of botanical materials and the detection of adulteration / chapter 16. Sensory and chemical fingerprinting aids quality and authentication of ingredients and raw materials of vegetal origin / chapter 17. The hidden face of botanical identity : an industrial perspective on challenges from natural variability and commercial processes on botanical authenticity / chapter 18. Aspects of quality issues faced by botanicals used as cosmetic ingredients / Kurt A. Reynertson and Khalid Mahmood -- Paula N. Brown, Michael Chan, and Joseph M. Betz -- Selena Ahmed, John Richard Stepp, and Xue Dayuan -- Wendy L. Applequist -- Danica T. Harbaugh Reynaud -- Tiffany Chan, Shi-Biao Wu, and Edward J. Kennelly -- James Harnly, Joe Jabolonski, and Jeff Moore -- Stephan Baumann -- Randy Culp -- Jason B. West -- Kimberly L. Colson, Jimmy Yuk, and Christian Fischer -- István Pelczer -- Krish Krishnamurthy and David J. Russell -- Cynthia Kradjel -- Eike Reich, Débora A. Frommenwiler, and Valeria Maire-Widmer -- Marion Bonnefille -- Leila D. Falcao, Camille Durand, Alexis Lavaud, Marc Roller, and Antoine C. Bily -- Jean-Marc Seigneuret.



9781466598423


Raw materials--Quality control.
Natural products--Quality control.
Plant products industry--Quality control.


Electronic Books.

HD9000 / .B683 2015