Increasingly, shoppers are choosing nutraceuticals, cosmetics and herbal remedies with natural ingredients, and these products are readily available in many drug stores and supermarkets. But some consumers, health professionals and policy makers have raised concerns about the safety, quality and effectiveness of some of these health products. Now, researchers in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry have developed a method to authenticate botanical ingredients by giving them each a unique “chemical barcode.”
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Source: Phys.org