About this Research Topic
This Research Topic is dedicated to covering high-level aspects of “Emerging Trends in the Quality Check of Herbal Medicines, Supplements and ‘Botanicals'”. Due to the perceived health benefits that customers feel they obtain, as well as a quickly-expanding global market, herbal medicines and related preparations are becoming more and more important on a global scale.
The application of suitable analytical techniques to assure the quality, purity, and safety of herbal medicines and related preparations is essential to their production, in the perspective of metrology principles.
The goal of this Research Topic is to discuss different techniques and the new trends of quality assessment while taking into account the various challenges that are faced. The analytical techniques i.e. chemical (HPTLC, HPLC) and spectrophotometric (UV, IR, NMR) techniques, will be explored, and they will be compared to try to identify the best techniques for the different types of matrixes enhancing the strengths and the limitations. A focus on quality markers should be included. Furthermore, innovative techniques that respond to the need to find sustainable alternatives must be highlighted. Studies on management data and databases linked to herbal medicines are welcome.
Additionally, please note that all the manuscripts submitted to this project will be peer-reviewed and will need to fully comply with the Four Pillars of Best Practice in Ethnopharmacology (you can freely download the full version here). We also expect that the MS follow the standards established in the ConPhyMP statement Front. Pharmacol. 13:953205.
The application of suitable analytical techniques to assure the quality, purity, and safety of herbal medicines and related preparations is essential to their production, in the perspective of metrology principles.
The goal of this Research Topic is to discuss different techniques and the new trends of quality assessment while taking into account the various challenges that are faced. The analytical techniques i.e. chemical (HPTLC, HPLC) and spectrophotometric (UV, IR, NMR) techniques, will be explored, and they will be compared to try to identify the best techniques for the different types of matrixes enhancing the strengths and the limitations. A focus on quality markers should be included. Furthermore, innovative techniques that respond to the need to find sustainable alternatives must be highlighted. Studies on management data and databases linked to herbal medicines are welcome.
Additionally, please note that all the manuscripts submitted to this project will be peer-reviewed and will need to fully comply with the Four Pillars of Best Practice in Ethnopharmacology (you can freely download the full version here). We also expect that the MS follow the standards established in the ConPhyMP statement Front. Pharmacol. 13:953205.
Keywords: botanicals, Quality assessment and control, emerging technologies, metrology, data management
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