Strategies for quality control of Chinese medicines

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 802-809

  Li, S P ^a   Zhao, J ^a,b   Yang, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Analytical approach; Chinese medicines; Quality control; Quality marker; Reference compound

Indexed keywords

EPIMEDIUM EXTRACT; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ICARIIN; KAEMPFEROL DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN; SILIBININ; SILICRISTIN; SILIDIANIN; SILYMARIN;

BIOASSAY; CHINESE MEDICINE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIMEDIUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OREGANO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 79955482877     PISSN: 07317085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2010.12.011     Document Type: Review

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