Geographical Indications for Medicinal Plants: Globalization, Climate Change, Quality and Market Implications for Geo-Authentic Botanicals

Pharmacopoeial standards for crude drugs are established based on analysis of authenticated specimens which should be representative of the quality of material traditionally specified in systems of traditional medicine from species’ geographical origin. This reflects the ‘geo-authentic’ material tha...

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Main Author: Josef A. Brinckmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.wjtcm.org:8080/ch/reader/create_pdf.aspx?file_no=20140020&year_id=2015&quarter_id=1&flag=1
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Summary:Pharmacopoeial standards for crude drugs are established based on analysis of authenticated specimens which should be representative of the quality of material traditionally specified in systems of traditional medicine from species’ geographical origin. This reflects the ‘geo-authentic’ material that corresponds to traditional ecological and medical knowledge. In cases where specimens are obtained from cultivation outside of the species origin, this ‘authenticated’ material will not be ‘geo-authentic’.
ISSN:2311-8571