Table 3 Quantitative assay results of the component herbs
From: Quality assurance for Chinese herbal formulae: standardization of IBS-20, a 20-herb preparation
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% |