Table 3.
Quantitative assay results of the component herbs
| Pharmaceutical name | Reference marker | Limit (minimum) |
Analytical results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radix Angelicae Dahuricae | Imperatorin | 0.080%a | 0.081% |
| Herba Artemisiae Scopariae | Chlorogenic acid | -- | 0.31% |
| Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae | -- | -- | -- |
| Radix Aucklandiae | Sum of costunolide and dehydrocostus lactone | 2.2%b | 2.7% |
| Radix Bupleuri | Saikosaponin a | 0.16%b | 0.43% |
| Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae | Hesperidin | 3.5%a | 6.5% |
| Radix Codonopsis | Lobetyolin | 0.029%b | 0.069% |
| Semen Coicis | Glycerol trioleate | 0.50a | 1.1% |
| Rhizoma Coptidis | Berberine Palmatine |
4.1%b 0.30%b |
7.4% 1.8% |
| Cortex Fraxini | Sum of aesculetin and esculin | 1.0%a | 2.1% |
| Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae Praeparata cum Melle | Glycyrrhizic acid | -- | 2.7% |
| Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis | Sum of magnolol and honokiol | 2.0%b | 2.3% |
| Radix Paeoniae Alba | Paeoniflorin | 1.6%a | 1.8% |
| Semen Plantaginis | -- | -- | -- |
| Cortex Phellodendri Amurensis | Berberine Palmatine |
0.33%b 0.18%b |
0.95% 0.40 |
| Herba Pogostemonis | Patchouli alcohol | 0.10%a | 0.23% |
| Poria | -- | -- | -- |
| Radix Saposhnikoviae | Sum of prim-O-Glucosylcimifugin and 5-O-methylvisammioside | 0.24%b | 0.42% |
| Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis | Schisandrin | 0.40%a | 0.66% |
| Rhizoma Zingiberis Praeparatum | 6-Gingerol | -- | 0.31% |
a Limit required by the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China (2005 edition).
b Limit required by the Hong Kong Chinese Materia Medica Standards.