[Application of evaporative light-scattering detector in analysis of the active constituents in Chinese herbal medicine].
OBJECTIVE
To review the application of Evaporative Light-Scattering Detector in analysis of the active constituents in Chinese herbal medicine.


METHODS
Papers on the assay of the active compounds of Chinese herbal medicine by HPLC-ELSD method were collected.


RESULTS
Evaporative Light-Scattering Detector has been widely used in assaying the compounds which have no UV absorption or when wavelengths for maximal UV absorption are under 200 nm in natural products.


CONCLUSIONS
Evaporative Light-Scattering Detector will have a more widely application in analysis of constituents in Chinese herbal medicine.
Zhao
Yu-xin
YX
China Academe of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China. zyxmymail@163.com
Li
Man-ling
ML
D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D011786:Quality Control; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013472:Sunlight
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal