Fatima Anam, Zafar Muhammad, Ahmad Mushtaq, Yaseen Ghulam, Sultana Shazia, Gulfraz Muhammad, Khan Amir Muhammad
Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Department of Chemistry, COMSATS, Abbotabad, Pakistan.
Microsc Res Tech. 2018 Jun;81(6):624-629. doi: 10.1002/jemt.23017. Epub 2018 Mar 12.
Now-a-days, plant species are consumed globally for various purposes and this increasing demand leads to adulteration due to gradually exploitation in natural resources. The major causes of adulteration may be confusion in nomenclature, unawareness of authentic sources, unavailability of authentic sources, color resemblances, deficiencies in collection procedures, and misidentification. This study aims to use the microscopic techniques such as scanning electron microscopy for the authentication of the oil yielding seeds of four important and traditionally used species Prunus persica, Prunus domestica, and Eruca sativa and Argemone Mexicana from their adulterants. All of these are versatile in usage. Locally, these four plants are adulterated badly and there is need to provide a criteria and a complete monograph for correct identification. This research may prove to be helpful for quality control and as well for future studies to explore other novel aspects of these plants.
如今，植物物种因各种目的而在全球范围内被消费，由于自然资源的逐渐开发，这种不断增长的需求导致了掺假现象。掺假的主要原因可能包括命名混乱、对正宗来源缺乏认识、正宗来源不可用、颜色相似、采集程序存在缺陷以及误认。本研究旨在使用扫描电子显微镜等微观技术，从其掺假物中鉴别四种重要且传统使用的产油种子物种，即桃、欧洲李、芝麻菜和墨西哥刺蓟。所有这些物种用途广泛。在当地，这四种植物被严重掺假，需要提供一个标准和完整的专著以进行正确鉴定。这项研究可能有助于质量控制以及未来探索这些植物其他新方面的研究。
