Table 3.
Examples of some selected qualitative, quantitative, and semiquantitative analysis of HMPs.
| Types of HMPs | Medicinal value | Type of analysis | Method of analysis | Reference |
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| Brucea javanica | Treatment of cancer, amebic dysentery, and malaria | Qualitative analysis | HPLC-QTOF/MS | Tan et al. [93] |
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| Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi (Huang-Qin) | Treatment of fevers, ulcers, cancers, and inflammation | Qualitative analysis | HPLC-DAD-MS | Horvath et al. [103] |
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| Dalbergia odorifera | Treatment of blood disorders, ischemia, and swelling | Qualitative analysis | HPLC-DAD/ESI-MS/MS | Liu et al. [104] |
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| Sanqi (Panax notoginseng) | Hemostatic and cardiovascular properties | Qualitative analysis | HPLC-QTOF/MS | Tan et al. [102] |
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| Radix Angelicae Dahuricae | Anticancer and antibacterial properties | Quantitative analysis | HPLC-ESI-MS/MS | Zheng et al. [105] |
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| Yucca gloriosa L | High antioxidant and antiproliferative activities | Quantitative analysis | LC-ESI-MS | Skhirtladze et al. [106] |
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| Shenqi Fuzheng injection (SFI) | Good immunoenhancement and anticancer activity | Quantitative analysis | SPE-HPLC-UV/ELSD | Wang and Qu [107] |
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| Sanqi (Panax notoginseng) | Hemostatic and cardiovascular properties | Quantitative analysis | HPLC-QTOF/MS | Tan et al. [102] |
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| Rhubarb (Rhei rhizome) | Cathartic and laxative properties | Semiquantitative analysis | HPLC-DAD | Gao et al. [108] |
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| Fritillaria | Treatment of chronic cough, lungs cancer | Semiquantitative analysis | LC/ESI-TOF-MS | Zhou et al. [109] |
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| Brucea javanica | Treatment of cancer, amebic dysentery, and malaria | Semiquantitative analysis | HPLC-ELSD | Tan et al. [110] |
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| Triticum durum | Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and anticancer | Semiquantitative analysis | LC/ESI-MS | Cavaliere et al. [111] |
HPLC-DAD: liquid chromatography-diode-array detector; HPLC-DAD-MS: liquid chromatography-diode-array detector-mass spectrometry; HPLC-DAD/ESI-MS/MS: liquid chromatography-diode-array detector/electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry; HPLC–ESI-MS/MS: liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry; HPLC-DAD-TOF/MS: liquid chromatography-diode-array detector-time-of-flight-mass spectrometry; HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS: liquid chromatography-diode-array detector-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry; HPLC-QTOF/MS: liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight- mass spectrometry; LC-MS/MS: liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-mass spectrometry; LC/ESI-TOF-MS: liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization time of flight mass spectrometry; SPE-HPLC-UV/ELSD: solid-phase extraction, high performance liquid chromatography, and ultraviolet/evaporative light scattering detection.