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Methods and Techniques for the Chemical Profiling and Quality Control of Natural Products and Natural Product-Derived Drugs

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Natural products contained diverse classes of chemical compounds. Identification of chemical compounds is a very important aspect of natural chemistry. To analyze these compounds, various qualitative and quantitative parameters have been reported in the literature. In this chapter, we have reported important protocols prescribed by AOAC, WHO, and API for the assessment of chemical profiling of natural products and natural product-derived drugs. It includes the physicochemical and phytochemical screening protocols. Further phytochemical screening is divided into two parts, viz., qualitative as well as quantitative protocols. These parameters are considered as the backbone of herbal industry for the chemical profiling and quality control of the natural products and natural product-derived drugs.

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    1. Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Drug Development, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

      Vijay Kumar

    2. Punjab Biotechnology Incubators, Mohali, Punjab, India

      Simranjeet Singh

    3. Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India

      Simranjeet Singh, Daljeet Singh Dhanjal & Joginder Singh

    4. Regional Advanced Water Testing Laboratory, Mohali, Punjab, India

      Simranjeet Singh & Satyender Singh

    5. Department of Zoology, Doaba College Jalandhar, Jalandhar, Punjab, India

      Shivika Datta

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    Kumar, V., Singh, S., Singh, S., Datta, S., Dhanjal, D.S., Singh, J. (2020). Methods and Techniques for the Chemical Profiling and Quality Control of Natural Products and Natural Product-Derived Drugs. In: Singh, J., Meshram, V., Gupta, M. (eds) Bioactive Natural products in Drug Discovery. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1394-7_20

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