Publisher's Synopsis
This is a technical resource for those analysts who are involved in the rapidly growing field of natural products and nutraceuticals and in an industry that is expected to be subject to increasing regulatory oversight. Each chapter is dedicated to one of over 160 source materials, for example Echinacea, Ginseng, and St. John's Wort, and includes origin, composition, identification and analytical techniques used in the preparation and analysis of these products.