[Advances of studies on new technology and method for identifying traditional Chinese medicinal materials].
In this review, the authors summarized the new technologies and methods for identifying traditional Chinese medicinal materials, including molecular identification, chemical identification, morphological identification, microscopic identification and identification based on biological effects. The authors introduced the principle, characteristics, application and prospect on each new technology or method and compared their advantages and disadvantages. In general, new methods make the result more objective and accurate. DNA barcoding technique and spectroscopy identification have their owner obvious strongpoint in universality and digitalization. In the near future, the two techniques are promising to be the main trend for identifying traditional Chinese medicinal materials. The identification techniques based on microscopy, liquid chromatography, PCR, biological effects and DNA chip will be indispensable supplements. However, the bionic identification technology is just placed in the developing stage at present.
The Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China. slchen@implad.ac.cn
Shilin
S
Chen
Baolin
B
Guo
Guijun
G
Zhang
Zhuyun
Z
Yan
Guangming
G
Luo
Suqin
S
Sun
Hezhen
H
Wu
Linfang
L
Huang
Xiaohui
X
Pang
Jianbo
J
Chen
D058893:DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry*; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal