Identification on genuine and pseudo shayuanzi collected from different place by HPLC fingerprint / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To establish the identification method for genuine and pseudo Shayuanzi by HPLC fingerprint.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The flavone, a kind of active composition in genuine (Astragalus complanatus) and analysed species was analysed by RP-HPLC.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The fingerprints of genuine Shayuanzi collected from different places showed the similar characteristics, but they were different from those of pseudo species A. adsuragen and A. sinicus.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The HPLC fingerprint can be an identifing method for Shayuanzi.</p>