title: Separation procedures for the pharmacologically active components of rhubarb.
abstract: Rhubarb, as an important Chinese medicine, has many functions owing to containing anthraquinone derivatives. The analysis of anthraquinone derivatives in Chinese rhubarb is reviewed. The analytical techniques include high performance liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, thin-layer chromatography and so on. The main operation parameters in every technique were given. The structures of anthraquinone derivatives and the classification of Chinese rhubarb were summarized too.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.
authors.forename: Hai-Xia
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Man-Cang
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D002845:Chromatography / Q000379:methods*; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary / Q000379:methods*; D012250:Rheum / Q000737:chemistry*