Studies On Quality Control Method Of Chinese Herbal Medicine Danshen Root And Its Preparation

Danshen Root is a common Chinese herb. It is dry root and rhizome of labiatae plant. It mainly grows in Sichuan, Shanxi, Hebei, Jiangsu and Anhui province, et al. It is considered in Chinese tradition medicine theory that Danshen Root is micro-chilly and bitter in taste, belongs to heart and liver theory. It has the efferciency of removing blood stasis and alleviate pain, activating blood to promote menstruation, clearing away heart-fire and eliminating annoy. The efficient components of Danshen Root include both lipid-soluble diterpene quinine and water-soluble phenolic acid. There has been numerous of Danshen Root preparations. Quality control for drug is basic attributes and the basement on security and validity of medicine. Quality standard is a vital measure to monitor drug quality and also an embodiment for quality control.Through looking up documents, it has been reported that many Danshen Root preparations have had methods for quality control. But there is also no report for quality control of some Danshen Root preparations, such as Coronary Danshen Dropping Pill, Coronary Danshen gelatin capsule, Guanxinning injection, Danshen drip solution and so on. There are also some drugs which have several active components, but there are only some reports to determine...