Botanical ID Testing by HPLC & HPTLC

Botanical ID testing is vital for identifying, authenticating, and qualifying herbal goods and plant-based material. It helps ascertain that the product is properly labeled with the corresponding botanical species, genus, and plant part. Besides assisting in identifying adulterants and contaminants, it helps maintain the consistency, purity, and potency of herbal products. As the FDA puts in the stringent 100% identity rule under cGMPs, efficient and trustworthy testing methods are needed to meet these requirements. Everglade is one of the few labs that can perform botanical ID testing using HPLC (High-Performance Liquid Chromatography) and HPTLC (High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography) out of the regulatory prerequisites. Otherwise, verification of herbal and plant materials requires at least two confirming methods which deal with the tissues is dissected and genetically biomolecular identify.