Quality assurance of Chinese herbal medicines: Procedure for multiple-herb extraction

• Published in: AIChE journal Vol. 60; no. 12; pp. 4014 - 4026
• Main Authors: Lau, Yeuk T., Ng, Ka M., Chen, Na, Lau, David T. W., Ko, Kam M., Leung, Ping C., Wibowo, Christianto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2014; American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Subjects: Aqueous chemistry; Chemical engineering; Chinese herbal medicine; Correlation analysis; Effectiveness; Extraction; Herbal medicine; Herbs; Markers; Mathematical models; multiple-herb extraction; process design; product quality; Quality assurance; Solvents

A quality assurance (QA) procedure for multiple‐herb extraction, which takes into account the existence of common chemical markers and multiple‐herb‐extraction effects, has been developed for producing Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs) of consistent quality. The experimental method for determining rel...