"Quality Control of Herbal Medicines and Related Areas" ed. by Yukihiro Shoyama

The authors of this thematic issue provide a comprehensive summary of most recent knowledge and references on quality control in wide fields. This book will certainly prove useful not only for phytochemical researchers, but also many scientists working in numerous fields.

Quality control is essential for natural products like natural medicine and related food products.
In this issue fifteen chapters have been included, discussing in detail various aspects of quality control.

Contents
Preface
Part 1 Basic Analytical Methodology
1 Method Development and Validation of Analytical Procedures
2 Validation of an Analytical Procedure
3 Stability Indicating Methods
Part 2 Quality Control of Food for Safety
4 Application of the Software e-SAFES® (Based on SAFES Methodology) to Control Disinfection in the Sugar Extraction from Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.)
5 Procedures of Food Quality Control: Analysis Methods, Sampling and Sample Pretreatment
6 Improvement of Food Safety and Quality by Statistical Process Control (SPC) in Food Processing Systems: A Case Study of Traditional Sucuk (Sausage) Processing
Part 3 Quality Control of Drugs
7 Allergen Extract Analysis and Quality Control
8 Quantitative Determination of Drugs in Dosage Forms as a Tool of Quality Control Studies
9 Manufacture, Structure Confirmation and Quality Control of the Chiral Drugs
Part 4 Quality Control of Herbal Medicine
10 Quality Control Method for Herbal Medicine - Chemical Fingerprint Analysis
11 Processing and Quality Control of Herbal Drugs and Their Derivatives
12 Quality Control of Cordyceps sinensis Teleomorph, Anamorph, and Its Products
13 Quality Control by Immunoaffinity Concentration Using Monoclonal Antibody
14 Quality Control of Bupleurum Species by Newly Established Eastern Blotting
15 Quality Control of Panax Species by Monoclonal Antibody and DNA Analysis