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Problems of UTnypreegsuolfaCtheedmHicearlbmalaDrkreurgs s

 Adulteration of Medicinal Plants

b. Substitution.
 Substitution has serious safety considerations.

Case(2) :
 Fourteen casesof podophyllum poisoning havebeenreported
from Hong Kong following the inadvertent use of the roots of

Podophyllum hexandrum insteadof Gentiana spp.

 Itisreportedthatthis accidentalsubstitution wasduetot heapparent
similarityinmorphologyoftheroots .

Adulterant Genuine

Digestiveproblems,
fever, hypertension,
musclespasms ,
parasiticworms ,

Podophyllum Gentiana