Control analysis of a multicomponent herbal tea

Herbal tea preparations have been subjected to precise quality control analysis including physical properties, physicochemical tests, microscopical identification of the diagnostic elements of the mixture as well as TLC identification. finger print of the different active constituents, GLC fingerprint of the volatile constituents and their quantitative determination were carried out. Quantitative estimation of the main active constituent by spectrophotometric and HPLC, was carried out. Potential contaminants; Toxic botanicals, pesticide residue, heavy metals, microorganisms and aflatoxins were subjected to analysis, too.