Quantititive study for chromatographic fingerprints of processed products of Paeonia lactiflora / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the utility of Principal Factor Analysis (PFA) in chromatographic data for quality control.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Chromatographic fingerprints of processed root pieces of Paeonia lactiflora were determined by HPLC, the PFA was used for data processing.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The quantitative differences among different growing areas and different processing batches were found with the method.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The method could be used in quality control for monitoring between-batch products of traditional Chinese pharmaceutical process.</p>