Luo G, Yang R, Lai X, Yang W, Xie S, Zhou H
Jiangxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang.
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 1996 Dec;21(12):744-5, 763.
The contents of free and hydrolytic cinnamic acid in storax and its original plant (Liquidambar orientalis) were determined by high performance liquid chromatography, and the chromatographic behaviors were studied. In styrax gummi, the contents of free and hydrolytic cinnamic acid were 7.03% and 25.26% respectively; and in its original plant, they were 0.3% evenly.