Evaluation of quality control strategies in Scutellaria herbal medicines

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 951-957

  Boyle, Susanne P ^a   Doolan, Paul J ^a   Andrews, Clare E ^a   Reid, Raymond G ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant coefficient; Chromatographic fingerprint; Herbal medicines; Quality control; Scutellaria

Indexed keywords

BAICALIN; CHRYSIN; FLAVONE; PHENOL; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS EXTRACT; WOGONIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG QUALITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HERBAL MEDICINE; LEGISLATION, DRUG; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS;

EID: 78751702295     PISSN: 07317085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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