1.4 Botanical Authentication: Principles and Necessity
1.4 Botanical Authentication: Principles and Necessity contains 4 topic pages in Phase 1 — Plant Material Selection & Botanical Authentication.
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1.4.1 Macroscopic (Organoleptic) Authentication
Macroscopic authentication relies on directly observable physical characteristics — shape, size, colour, odour, taste, and surface texture — compared...
1.4.2 Microscopic Authentication (Histological Evaluation)
Microscopic authentication examines the internal cellular architecture of the plant tissue, providing diagnostic detail that survives even when a sample has...
1.4.3 Molecular Authentication: DNA Barcoding
DNA barcoding provides a genotype-level authentication method that is largely immune to the morphological variability, processing damage, and adulteration...
1.4.4 Chemical Authentication: Chromatographic Fingerprinting
Chemical authentication compares the chromatographic profile of a test sample against that of an authenticated reference drug, on the principle that the...