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Perspective of chemical fingerprinting of Chinese herbs.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21064007     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
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The holistic system of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an integrity of the ingredients contained in the Chinese herbal medicines, which creates a challenge in establishing quality control standards for raw materials and the standardization of finished herbal drugs because no single component is contributing to the total efficacy. Chromatographic fingerprinting analysis represents a rational approach for the quality assessment of TCM. It utilizes chromatographic techniques, which include CE, GC, HPLC, HPTLC, etc., to construct specific patterns for recognition of multiple compounds in TCMs. Thus, chromatographic fingerprinting analysis of herbal medicines represents a comprehensive qualitative approach for the purpose of species authentication, evaluation of quality, and ensuring the consistency and stability of herbal drugs and their related products. The pragmatic comprehensive chromatographic fingerprinting analysis can disclose the detectable ingredients composition and concentration distribution under quantifiable operational conditions and therefore provide real-time quality information. It may leave a "gray" entity at the primary stage. However, consecutive study will deepen the knowledge and reduce its "gray scale", increase the transparency gradually, thereby strengthening its quality assessment potency.
Authors:
Yi-zeng Liang; Pei-shan Xie; Kelvin Chan
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-11-09
Journal Detail:
Title:  Planta medica     Volume:  76     ISSN:  1439-0221     ISO Abbreviation:  Planta Med.     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-06     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0066751     Medline TA:  Planta Med     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1997-2003     Citation Subset:  IM    
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© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
Affiliation:
Research Center of Modernization of Chinese Medicines, Central South University, Changsha, China. yizeng_liang@263.net
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