Bitter orange SRMs: Tools for product analysis/quality
(National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)) NIST has developed Standard Reference Materials for bitter orange, long used in folk medicine and now increasingly used in herbal weight-loss products. Researchers can use the new materials to develop and test analytical methods for compounds in bitter orange or as control materials for quality assurance.
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