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 Adulteration of Medicinal Plants

c. Admixture.

 Itistheadditionofonearticletoanother byaccident orthrough ignorance
and carelessness.

 TheWHOrecommends rejectinganybatch
ofrawmaterials ,whichhas morethan5%of
anyotherplantpartofthesameplant ,even
though they are derived from the authentic

plant.

 Based on these standards, adulteration

whether, intentional or unintentional,should
be rejected.