Simultaneous determination of five nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and two glucocorticoids in adulterated traditional herbal medicines for the treatment of rheumatism

Analytical Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1769-1782

  Zhang, C Y ^a   Chang, D L ^b   Chen, S L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid; High performance liquid chromatography; Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry; Nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drug; Traditional herbal medicines

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960796264     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2010.526268     Document Type: Article

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