title: [Brief introduction of research methods of commodity specification and grade of Chinese medicinal materials].
abstract: The commodity specification and grade of Chinese medicinal materials is a measure of the quality of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs), which directly impacts on the safety and effectiveness of clinical medicines. It is an urgent problem to establish a set of standards which can both interpret the scientific connotation of the commodity specification and grade of Chinese medicinal materials and play a significant role on clinical medicines as well as markets. This paper reviews the research methods of the commodity specification and grade of Chinese medicinal materials such as sensory evaluation, chemical assessment, biological evaluation, and cited the applications of various methods for the classification of TCMs. It provides technical support for establishing standards of the commodity specification and grade of Chinese medicinal materials, and also constructs scientific basis for clinical rational drug use.
authors.forename: Hua-ye
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Pei-pei
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Wen-hua
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Chao-feng
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shu-ya
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Yan-qi
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jun-ling
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry; D011786:Quality Control; D012107:Research Design
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal