title: Detection of artificial musk in Xihuangwan by gas chromatography-mass spectrometery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To control the quality of Xihuangwan by improving the qualitative detection of artificial musk inside this pill.
  
  
  METHODS
  The qualitative detection of artificial musk was carried out by gas chromatography-mass spectrometery(GC-MS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The established GC-MS successfully detected artificial musk in Xihuangwan.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  GC-MS is reliable,accurate,and practical in the identification of artificial must inside Xihuangwan.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Control of Chinese Traditional Medicine and Ethnic Medicine,National Institutes for Food and Drug Control,Beijing 100050,China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Technology,Beijing Lianxin Pharmaceutic Co.,Ltd,Beijing 102628,China.
authors.forename: Qin-Wen
authors.initials: QW
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.affiliation: Institute for Control of Chinese Traditional Medicine and Ethnic Medicine,National Institutes for Food and Drug Control,Beijing 100050,China.
authors.forename: Xian-Long
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Institute for Control of Chinese Traditional Medicine and Ethnic Medicine,National Institutes for Food and Drug Control,Beijing 100050,China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Institute for Control of Chinese Traditional Medicine and Ethnic Medicine,National Institutes for Food and Drug Control,Beijing 100050,China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Institute for Control of Chinese Traditional Medicine and Ethnic Medicine,National Institutes for Food and Drug Control,Beijing 100050,China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Department of Technology,Beijing Lianxin Pharmaceutic Co.,Ltd,Beijing 102628,China.
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Technology,Hongjitang Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd,Jinan 250012,China.
authors.forename: Li-Jun
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Lun
authors.affiliation: Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry,Institute of Materia Medica,CAMS and PUMC,Beijing 100050,China.
authors.forename: De-Quan
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry*; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated / Q000737:chemistry*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; C008563:musk