Botanical Ingredient Identification: A Primer on Requirements and Methods

Botanical ingredients pose a particular challenge to dietary supplement suppliers and manufacturers with a responsibility to identify ingredients. Review the general requirements for identity testing as applied to botanical ingredients, learn what constitutes a scientifically valid method, and explore methods of identity testing appropriate to botanical ingredients. Written by: Steven Dentali, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer, American Herbal Products Association (AHPA).

GMP requirements for quality and identity testing
Appropriate plant identification test methods
Comparing methods of chemical analysis

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About the Author

Steven Dentali, Ph.D., is chief science officer at the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) where his duties include helping to set quality standards for the botanical products industry and providing guidance and advice to AHPA member companies, related organizations, government agencies, scientific publications and the popular press. He is a U.S. Pharmacopoeia (USP) Convention Delegate and a member of the USP Committee of Experts, Dietary Supplements - General Chapters. He is also editorial board chair of AOAC and secretary of the AOAC Presidential Task Force on Dietary Supplements, and an advisory board member of the American Botanical Council.