title: [Identification of traditional Chinese medicine scorpio by powder X-ray diffraction Fourier pattern].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To set up a new analysis method of the traditional Chinese medicine Scorpio.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ten Scorpio samples were obtained from Hubei, Shaanxi, and Shandong provinces and analyzed with X-ray diffraction Fourier pattern technique to obtain the geometric topology and characteristic marked peak of Scorpio.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The geometric topologies of 9 samples were similar, excepting Sample 7#. Totally 11 characteristic marked peaks were observed among these 9 samples.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  X-ray diffraction Fourier pattern is a useful tool for the identification and quality control of the Scorpio.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analysis, Institute of Materia Medica, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Li-ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.forename: Yun-shan
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: Shu-chun
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiao-wei
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhi-feng
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry*; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D011208:Powders; D012605:Scorpions / Q000737:chemistry*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D011208:Powders