Workshop -- DNA Standards for Botanical Identification
Aug. 21 8am - 5pm EDT
Aug. 22 8 am - 12pm EDT
Join USP and industry experts at USP headquarters for a two-day workshop on botanical identification techniques using DNA methods.
Topics will include:
- New developments in DNA technologies for botanical identification
- Using DNA testing as routine QA methodologies
- Regulatory approaches and industry experiences with DNA botanical identification techniques
- Challenges with the varying outcomes from use of multiple genomic identification methods and guidelines to compare results from these technologies
- Possible solutions to the challenges associated with voucher specimens and public databases
- Performance requirements for validation of DNA methods
- Potential development of reference standards for identification of botanical articles using DNA technologies
Course (online and in-person) -- USP Botanical ID Methodology Tests
Aug. 22 1 pm - 5 pm EDT
Participants in this half-day course will gain:
- An overview of botanical identification methodologies in USP General Chapters <563> Identification of Articles of Botanical Origin, <202> Identification of Fixed Oils by Thin Layer Chromatography and <203> HPTLC Procedure for Identification of Articles of Botanical Origin, and in USP monographs for botanical articles
- An understanding of these chapters and how they apply to botanical identification
- Insight into USP’s philosophy of comprehensive evaluation of botanical article quality, based on orthogonal identification methodologies
- Perspectives on the importance of macroscopic and microscopic assessments
USP monograph examples and case studies of incomplete compendial evaluation risking adulteration will be explored.
