Chromatographic fingerprinting as a means of quality control: Distinction between Actaea racemosa and four different Actaea species

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 720, Issue , 2006, Pages 83-94

  Gafner, Stefan ^a   Sudberg, Sidney ^b   Sudberg, Élan M ^b   Villinski, Jacquelyn R ^a   Gauthier, Robert ^c   Bergeron, Chantal ^a  

^a Tom's of Maine   (United States)

^b Alkemists Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cimicifuga racemosa; Fingerprinting; High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); High performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC)

Indexed keywords

ACTAEA PACHYPODA; ACTAEA RUBRA; CIMICIFUGA DAHURICA; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA;

EID: 33846059505     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2006.720.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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