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Adv Pharm Bull. 2017;7(2): 251-259. doi: 10.15171/apb.2017.030
PMID: 28761827        PMCID: PMC5527239

Research Article

Spectroscopic and Spectrometric Methods Used for the Screening of Certain Herbal Food Supplements Suspected of Adulteration

Cristina Mateescu 1, Anca Mihaela Popescu 1,2 * , Gabriel Lucian Radu 2, Tatiana Onisei 1, Adina Elena Raducanu 1

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