[Quality of Chinese drug zicao].
Roots, root cortices and root corks from 6 species of Boraginaceae are used as zicao in commercial crude drugs. This paper reports the determination of naphthaquinone pigments (such as total pigments, beta, beta-dimethylacryshikonin, acetylshikonin and shikonin) in 12 samples of 6 plants. The quality of various drugs was evaluated by determining the contents of the above principles.
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Jiangxi Institute of Materia Medica, Nanchang.
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D000880:Anthraquinones / Q000032:analysis; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000032:analysis; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003720:Densitometry; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000592:standards*; D009285:Naphthoquinones / Q000032:analysis; D011786:Quality Control
D000880:Anthraquinones; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D009285:Naphthoquinones; C073943:beta,beta-dimethylacryshikonin; C016101:shikonin; C073944:acetylshikonin