Qualitative research

Abstract

There are five methods for the identification of medicinal Danshen: Morphological identification Morphological identification, microscopic identification Microscopic identification, physio-chemical identification, TLC (Thin-Layer Chromatography) identification TLC identification, and spectral identification Spectral identification. These methods are simple and feasible, and capable of accurately identifying the authenticity and quality of Danshen. At present, there are a wide variety of Danshen preparations, the most representative preparations of which are Composite Danshen Dropping Pill (DantonicTM), Danshen Injection, Compound Danshen Tablet Compound Danshen Tablet, Xiangdan Injection Xiangdan Injection, and Guanxinning Injection Guanxinning Injection. This chapter discusses the qualitative identification of these five preparations.