title: [Quality of Chinese drug zicao].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Jiangxi Institute of Materia Medica, Nanchang.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jian
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000880:Anthraquinones; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D009285:Naphthoquinones; C073943:beta,beta-dimethylacryshikonin; C016101:shikonin; C073944:acetylshikonin