title: [Determination of aconitine in wutou and related herbal drugs (roots of Aconitum) and their processed products in Hong Kong market].
abstract: This paper deals with the determination of the poisonous aconitine-type alkaloids in roots of Aconitum in Hong Kong market by TLC scanning. The results show that the content of aconitine was 0.0041%-0.021% in processed roots of Aconitum carmichaeli, 0.0084%-0.034% in processed roots of A. kusnezoffii; 0.0012% and 0.0007% in crude and roasted lateral tuber of A. carmichaeli. Aconitine was not found in the processed product of Fuzi.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D000157:Aconitine / Q000032:analysis*; D031841:Aconitum / Q000737:chemistry*; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003720:Densitometry; D006358:Hot Temperature
chemical_list: D000157:Aconitine