used against intestinal and stomach ulcers. Other species with similar thorny leaves have
raised great confusion in order to discern the authentic M. ilicifolia. Misidentifications can
lead to product adulteration of authentic M. ilicifolia with other species, which can be found
on the Brazilian market. The intake of misclassified herbal products potentially could be fatal,
demanding faster reliable fingerprinting-based classification methods. In this study, the use …