Chemical Marker for Medicinal Plant Quality Control
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Introduction and Objective: Chemical marker is an important factor for quality control of medicinal plants. The aim of this article was to described the problem related with chemical marker in quality control, definition, characteristic, classification and application of plant chemical markers.
Methods: Relevant articles were reviewed, analyzed, concluded.
Results: Chemical marker could be classified into various types which various definitions. The compound which is responsible for treatment of the disease is the best chemical marker for quality control. However, it could not be used in all case, other compound was applied. Chemical marker was used in qualitative and quantitative analysis. The selection of chemical marker should be based on the purpose of analysis.
Discussion: Chemical marker for medicinal plant is one of the limitations of medicinal plant quality control. Since there are a few commercial-available of plant chemical markers. Most of them must be imported which time consuming and cost increasing. Some medicinal plants have unknown active compound.
Conclusion and Recommendation: This article has reviewed form books and academic articles, and then made conclusion about chemical marker for medicinal plant quality control. It will be useful for entrepreneur, analysts, researchers and other interested in medicinal plant. It could be applied to quality control of medicinal plants and products.
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