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. 2013 Nov 11;8(11):e78622. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078622

Table 1. Quantitative assessment of fifteen chemicals in YPFS, AR, AMR and SR extracts.

Marker chemical YPFS (mg/g) AR (mg/g) AMR (mg/g) SR (mg/g)
Calycosin 0.229±0.001 0.859±0.009 - -
Calycosin-7-O-β-D-glucoside 0.443±0.004 1.709±0.021 - -
Formononetin 0.256±0.006 1.174±0.021 - -
Ononin 0.621±0.003 2.185±0.024 - -
Astragaloside II 0.073±0.027 0.332±0.106 - -
Astragaloside III 0.108±0.008 0.356±0.021 - -
Astragaloside IV 0.111±0.002 0.344±0.009 - -
Atractylenolide I 0.034±0.002 - 0.035±0.003 -
Atractylenolide II 0.044±0.001 - 0.057±0.004 -
Atractylenolide III 0.309±0.006 - 0.320±0.012 -
Prim-O-glucosylcimifugin 0.695±0.013 - - 3.021±0.019
5-O-methylvisammioside 0.469±0.014 - - 1.824±0.027
Scopoletin 0.005±0.000 - - 0.046±0.003
Psoralen 0.005±0.000 - - 0.021±0.003
Isopsoralen 0.005±0.000 - - 0.024±0.003

One mg/mL YPFS, or other herbal extract, was subjected to LC-MS to quantified the amount of the selected 15 chemical markers. Values are expressed in mg/g from dried extracts of YPFS, AR, AMR and SR, Mean ± SD, where n = 3, each with triplicate samples.