Planta Med 1987; 53(4): 377-378
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-962742
Communications

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Analysis and Processing of Chinese Herbal Drugs; VI. The Study of Angelicae Radix

S. J. Sheu1 , Y. S. Ho2 , Y. P. Chen2 , H. Y. Hsu2
  • 1Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, 88 Sec. 5 Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan 117, Republic of China.
  • 2Brion Research Institute of Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Publication History

1986

Publication Date:
24 January 2007 (online)

Abstract

The contents of the volatile principles, butylidenephthalide, ligustilide, butylphthalide, and the carboxylic acids, ferulic acid, nicotinic acid, in six tang-kuei (Angelicae radix) crude drugs were determined by high performance liquid chromatography. Experimental data showed great divergence in the medicinally active constituents and their ratios among the various tang-kuei samples from different species with different prices. All parts of the tang-kuei plant contain the volatile active constituents, with the leaves and branching roots containing the most.

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