Study on Variation of the Main Active Components in Chinese Epimedium Drugs and their Standardization
SUN Zi-wei
LEI Can
ZHENG Xiao-jiang
Abstract：There are very significant differences on the main active components among Epimedium Drugs from different markets.The total contents of Icariin and Epimedin A , B and C varied from 1.49%to 6. 96%.Some of them are under the standard of China pharmacopoeia .Very significant differences also exist among the Epimedium Drugs of five species stated by China pharmacopoeia .The total contents of Icariin and Epimedin A , B and C varied from 2.08%to 5.38%;within the species of Epimedium wushanense, there exist variations on contents of the main active components and constitute of Icariin and Epimedin A , B and C between different plants from different areas .So the method for standardization of Epimedium Drugs should be:①systematic investigation on the wild Epimedium resources and screening of excellent germ plasms based on the main active components;②breeding research based on the systematic resource investigation for variety standardization;③GAP research for drug standardization .
Keywords：Epimediumactive componentsvariationdrug sourceTCM standardization
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 12-15 )