Microscopic Analyzing of the Herbal Teas Sold In Pharmacy for Losing Weight

Objective: To find out the Microscopic analyzing of the herbal teas sold in pharmacy for losing weight. Eastern Mediterranean University. Methodology: Herbs and related products are commonly used by people who also seek conventional health care. Herbal tea is considered as having a share of the global beverage market, a highly competitive field. In this study, the aim was microscopically analyzing of herbal teas sold in pharmacy for losing weight to identify the labeled ingredients present in teas. In this project two different herbal slimming tea one from Cyprus-Famagusta and another one from Turkey-Istanbul were provide from pharmacies. Eight ingredients of Cyprus tea were determined through microscopic analyzing method and nine ingredients of Turkish tea also recognized with the same method in this experiment. Result: The examined Istanbul herbal form tea and Cyprus form herbal tea contain the expected ingredients in contrary to American herbal supplements like; GNC, Walmart, Walgreens… which they did not contain what they claim – instead cheap fillers like wheat and soy powder. In the first one called Istanbul tea contains; Camellia sinensis, Ilex paraguariensis, Calluna vulgaris, Foeniculum vulgare, Zea mays, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Rosmarinus officinalis, Cassia angusfolia. The second, Cyprus tea have three same species Foeniculum vulgare, Zea mays and Cassia angusfolia the others remaining ingredients are; Rosa canina (Rosehip), Urtica dioica (Nettle), Coriandrum sativum (Coriander), Rubus idaeus (Raspberry leaves), Juniperus communis (Juniper fruit), cherry stems. Conclusion:  According to this study done in Microscopy Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy of Eastern Mediterranean University, herbals teas of our interest has correct content as it was expected. Cyprus tea compare to Istanbul tea has higher amount of each ingredient per tea bags also Cyprus tea was more expensive due to more ingredients it contains. According to this study it indicates the safety assessment of Turkish Pharmaceutical and herbal products in the market which it is reliable unlike some worldwide pharmaceutical companies. Both teas contain clear, non-toxic ingredients which have different beneficial effect on obesity and health for whom they purchase and consume. Both teas contain other parts of plants which does not mentioned on their labels. Some tiny unknown parts found during analyzing in tea bags of sample 1 & 2 that could not be identified, which it was not mentioned about their presents on the boxes.