Rapid and feasible TLC screening of tea tree oil commercial samples
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چکیده
Tea tree oil is an essential used for medical and health purposes consisting of a complex mixture organic compounds present in high or trace amounts. Several factors (i.e. chemotype, environmental conditions, preparation procedures) can affect the composition consequently biological properties, therefore, quality assurance key requisite to guarantee reproducibility among batches. Compliance with ISO standards by gas-chromatography mass-spectrometry techniques are universally accepted check tea formulations, while adulterations might be overlooked. In this study we set TLC protocol easy cheap evaluation batches purchased from marketplace and, coupled European Pharmacopoeia assay fatty oils, detection adulterations. This aims procedure small laboratories not equipped expensive analytical instruments professionals dealing herbal medicines.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2278-4136', '2349-8234']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22271/phyto.2021.v10.i1c.13304