Determination of Bioactive Constituents in Traditional Chinese Medicines by CE with Electrochemical Detection

Title: Determination of Bioactive Constituents in Traditional Chinese Medicines by CE with Electrochemical Detection

Volume: 13 Issue: 21

Author(s): Gang Chen, Yizhun Zhu, Yufeng Wang, Xuejiao Xu and Tao Lu

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Keywords: Traditional Chinese medicine, pharmaceutical analysis, capillary electrophoresis, electrochemical detection, amperometry, electrode, bioactive constituent, differentiation

Abstract: This paper reviews the recent advances and the key strategies in capillary electrophoresis (CE) with electrochemical detection (ECD) for separating and detecting a variety of bioactive constituents in traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs). The subjects covered include the separation modes for the CE analysis of the constituents in TCMs, the CE-ECD system, the sample preparations of TCMs, the ECD of TCMs, the applications of CE-ECD in the determination of various bioactive constituents in Chinese medicinal materials and their preparations, the identification and differentiation of TCMs by CE-ECD, and future prospects. It is expected that CE-ECD will become a powerful tool in the herbal medicinal fields and will lead to the creation of truly routine devices for TCM analysis.

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Chen Gang, Zhu Yizhun, Wang Yufeng, Xu Xuejiao and Lu Tao, Determination of Bioactive Constituents in Traditional Chinese Medicines by CE with Electrochemical Detection, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2006; 13 (21) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986706778201657