Authors: Ramrez-Durn, Rosalba; Ceniceros-Almaguer, Luca; Salazar-Aranda, Ricardo; Salazar-Cavazos, Ma De La Luz; Torres, Noemi Waksman De

Source: Journal of AOAC International, Volume 90, Number 4, July 2007 , pp. 920-924(5)

Publisher: AOAC International

Abstract:

In Mexico, plant-derived products with health claims are sold as herbal dietary supplements, and there are no rules for their legal quality control. Aesculus hippocastanum, Turnera diffusa, Matricaria recutita, Passiflora incarnata, and Tilia occidentalis are some of the major commercial products obtained from plants used in this region. In this paper, we describe the effectiveness of thin-layer chromatography methods to provide for the quality control of several commercial products containing these plants. Standardized extracts were used. Of the 49 commercial products analyzed, only 32.65% matched the chromatographic characteristic of standardized extracts. A significant number of commercial products did not match their label, indicating a problem resulting from the lack of regulation for these products. The proposed methods are simple, sensitive, and specific and can be used for routine quality control of raw herbals and formulations of the tested plants. The results obtained show the need to develop simple and reliable analytical methods that can be performed in any laboratory for the purpose of quality control of dietary supplements or commercial herbal products sold in Mexico.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Universidad Autnoma de Nuevo Len, Departamento de Qumica Analtica, Facultad de Medicina, PO Box 2316, Sucursal Tecnolgico, 64841, Monterrey Nuevo Len, Mxico.

Publication date: 2007-07-01

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