Identification of the habitat of Ligusticum chuangxiong with chromatographic fingerprinting / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To establish the chromatographic fingerprinting for identifying the habitat of Ligusticum chuangxiong.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>HPLC system was applied to obtain the chromatograms of L. chuangxiong samples from different areas, and 15 peaks were measured from the chromatograms. Then some computer-based methods including principle component analysis, clustering analysis, similarity calculation and fisher factor analysis were applied for data analysis.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>There was obvious difference among chromatographic fingerprints of L. chuangxiong samples from different areas. The 15 measured peaks could be used as the fingerprint features.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Chromatographic fingerprinting can be used for identifying the habitat of L. chuangxiong.</p>