Common Chinese Medicine Chemical Identification (Series of Books on Methods and Techniques of Chinese Medicine Scientific Identification)

Author: Chen Yuting et al.
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This book is part of the "Series on Scientific Identification Methods and Techniques of Traditional Chinese Medicine," focusing on the chemical identification of commonly used traditional Chinese medicines. It categorizes traditional Chinese medicines based on their primary chemical components and includes 256 commonly used species. The book provides detailed introductions to the identification of traditional Chinese medicines containing nine categories of chemical components, such as alkaloids, glycosides, coumarins, anthraquinones, flavonoids, cardiac glycosides, saponins, terpenes, and volatile oils. It also covers the identification of traditional Chinese medicines containing other chemical components, such as organic acids, insect molting hormones, amino acids, proteins and enzymes, polysaccharides, tannins, lignans, and phenols, as well as the chemical component identification of major animal and mineral traditional Chinese medicines. For each traditional Chinese medicine, the book analyzes aspects such as origin, chemical components, qualitative identification, and quantitative identification, emphasizing the combination of identification methods and characteristics, making it highly practical. This book can serve as a textbook for postgraduate students in traditional Chinese medicine and pharmaceutical disciplines, a training manual for licensed traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, and a reference book for professionals at all levels in the pharmaceutical industry to enhance their professional expertise.