title: Qualitative and quantitative analysis in quality control of traditional Chinese medicines.
abstract: Separation techniques with high efficiency and sensitive detection have been widely used for quality control of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs). High-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, and capillary electrophoresis are commonly used to separate various components in TCMs. Ultraviolet detection, fluorescence detection, evaporative light-scattering detection, mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance can be applied to separation techniques for qualitative and quantitative analysis of TCMs. The development of quality control for TCMs based on quantitative and qualitative analysis from 2000 to 2007 are reviewed; the fingerprint technique is also discussed due to its broad application in the quality control of TCMs. Prospects for further research based on our primary results are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China. liangxm@dicp.ac.cn
authors.forename: Xin-miao
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Yan-ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Gao-wa
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Yuan-sheng
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000592:standards*; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D011786:Quality Control
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal