Henna through the centuries: a quick HPTLC analysis proposal to check henna identity

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy¹  Biapa, Prosper Cabral Nya¹  University of Dschang, Cameroon¹  Gallo, Francesca R.¹  Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran¹  Nicoletti, Marcello¹  Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy¹  Palazzino, Giovanna¹  Multari, Giuseppina¹  Pagliuca, Giordana¹  Zadeh, S. Majid Majd¹ 

关键词: Henna;    Lawsonia inermis;    HPTLC Quality control;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.bjp.2014.03.008

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia

【 摘 要 】

Henna leaves are the raw material of commercial body and hair dyes. According to historical and ethnobotanical information, henna was one of the first plants used for such purpose. However, differences can be observed between henna products by the origin of the raw material, the presence of other plants, or the addition of various contaminants that may cause allergies and permanent scarring. Nowadays henna is used everywhere but it lacks the necessary controls. We report a pharmacognostic study focused on quality control of henna's raw materials from different countries or based on other plants. The analytic approach based on High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) was proposed as a reliable technique to evaluate natural products complex mixtures, as it is also the case of derived botanical marketed products.

【 授权许可】

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