Plants are by far the most important source of natural therapeutics, and their role in enhancing the longevity and quality of life is gaining prominence in the world and still the plant is often the most neglected part of plant-based medicines.Current problems with medicinal plant products that compromise the quality and safety of medicinal plant products have included contamination with biological and environmental pollutants, adulteration with misidentified species resulting in quantitative and qualitative variations in bioactive compounds. It is, therefore, necessary to standardize and...