Fan Gang, Jia Min-Ru, Liu Yue, Zhang Yi
College of Ethnic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2016 Feb;41(4):559-561. doi: 10.4268/cjcmm20160401.
Species identification and quality control of Tibetan medicines are an important part of its modernization studies, and they have important significance for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of Tibetan medicines in clinical application. In order to provide a reference for the modernization research of Tibetan medicines, this paper summarized the research progress of species identification, quality standards and quality evaluation of Tibetan medicines in the past 10 years. It also introduces the application examples of some new technologies and methods, such as DNA barcoding, infrared spectroscopy and 1H NMR-based metabolomics.
