Adulteration*
Adulteration is defined as a practice of substituting the original drug,partially or wholly with similar looking inferior substances which may have low therapeutic and chemical properties.
different types of adulterations are-
a)Substitution with substandard commercial varieties
b)Substitution with superficially similar inferior drugs.
c)Substitution with artificially manufactured substances
d)Substitution of exhausted drugs
e)Substitution with synthetic materials
f)Harmful adulterants
And many more...
References-
*C.K. Kokate, A.P. Purohit, S.B. Gokhale; Pharmacognosy; Nirali Prakashan; Fourth edition ;Page no-(105-107)
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