title: [Evaluation for Merchandise Character and Quality of Bupleurum chinense Root from Different Habitats].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the merchandise character and quality of Bupleurum chinense root from different habitats.
  
  
  METHODS
  The spectrophotometer method was used to determine the content of total saponins and total flavonoids in Bupleurum chinense root. The content of alcohol-soluble extract and total ash were determined according to the method in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The quality of Bupleuri Radix from different habitats varied greatly. There were also differences (P < 0.05) between the merchandise packaged with selection and the merchandise packaged without selection of Bupleurum chinense root from the same habitats. The merchandise packaged without selection had the better quality, whose root length, root diameter, weight, total length proportional share of residual stems, total saponins, total flavonoids, total alcohol-soluble extract and total ash was 14.50 cm/plant, 0.59 cm/plant, 5.14 g/plant, 36.85%, 0.721%, 0.615%, 12.993% and 4.890%, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bupleurum chinense root from Tong'an, Jiangsu has the best quality in the test samples from different habitats.
authors.forename: Ai-nong
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Duo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Xiao-jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Guo-qin
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xian-long
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D029972:Bupleurum / Q000737:chemistry*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D017753:Ecosystem; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000032:analysis*; D009828:Oleanolic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry; D012503:Saponins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005419:Flavonoids; D012503:Saponins; D009828:Oleanolic Acid