Résumé
Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma is one of the traditional herbal medicine used in China, study on the correlation between the cross-section color and HPLC fingerprints of them have important significance for promoting the development of traditional disciplines. Quantitative analysis of the color of sample cross section was carried out by color digital method, fingerprint analysis was carried out by HPLC, and the canonical correlation analysis was carried out between them. The results showed that there was a significant correlation between the color of Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma cross section and the information of HPLC fingerprinting. Results indicated that, The digitized indexes of color of cross section could reflect the result of fingerprint analysis to some extent.