Flower Species Ingredient Verification Using Orthogonal Molecular Methods
Subramanyam Ragupathy,
Arunachalam Thirugnanasambandam,
Thomas Henry
et al.
Abstract:Flowers are gaining considerable interest among consumers as ingredients in food, beverages, cosmetics, and natural health products. The supply chain trades in multiple forms of botanicals, including fresh whole flowers, which are easier to identify than dried flowers or flowers processed as powdered or liquid extracts. There is a gap in the scientific methods available for the verification of flower species ingredients traded in the supply chains of multiple markets. The objective of this paper is to develop … Show more
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