Progress on Q-marker research of traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Traditional Chinese medgkuicine (TCM) decoction pieces are the intermediate link of the three major Chinese medicine industrial chains of "medicinal materials-decoction pieces-preparations". In recent years, people have gradually realized the importance of the quality control of decoction pieces. Q-marker of TCM have been widely studied after it was proposed, and there have been relatively complete research ideas of Q-marker in medicinal materials and preparations, while few research on decoction pieces Q-marker was reported. This paper reviews and analyzes the research on Q-marker of TCM, aims to explore some research ideas for decoction pieces Q-marker, according to their processing characteristics and research status.