Quality control of traditional Chinese medicines: a review.

Abstract:

:Traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) are in great demand all over the world, especially in the developing world, for primary health care due to their superior merits such as low cost, minimal side effects, better cultural acceptability, and compatibility with humans. However, Chinese medicines consist of several herbs which may contain tens, hundreds, or even thousands of constituents. How these constituents interact with each other, and what the special active ones are, may be the biggest bottleneck for the modernization and globalization of TCMs. Valid methods to evaluate the quality of TCMs are therefore essential and should be promoted and be developed further through advanced separation and chromatography techniques. This paper reviews the strategies used to control the quality of TCMs in a progressive perspective, from selecting single or several ingredients as the evaluation marker, to using different kinds of chromatography fingerprint methods. In summary, the analysis and quality control of TCMs are developing in a more effective and comprehensive manner to better address the inherent holistic nature of TCMs.

journal_name

Chin J Nat Med

authors

Song XY,Li YD,Shi YP,Jin L,Chen J

doi

10.1016/S1875-5364(13)60069-2

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-11-01 00:00:00

pages

596-607

issue

6

eissn

2095-6975

issn

1875-5364

pii

S1875-5364(13)60069-2

journal_volume

11

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