Research on Quality of Angelicae Sinensis Radix Based on AHP Fuzzy Comprehensive ;Evaluation Model / 中国中医药信息杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To establish a method to evaluate quality of Angelicae Sinensis Radix based on analytic hierarchy process (AHP) fuzzy comprehensive evaluation. Methods Angelicae Sinensis Radix of different producing regions was collected. Volatile oil content, alcohol soluble extract content, as well as the composition of ferulic acid, Z-ligustilide, 3-butylphthalide and n-butylidenephthalide of Angelicae Sinensis Radix samples were separately measured. AHP was used to establish AHP analysis model to comprehensively evaluate multiple indexes of Angelicae Sinensis Radix. Results The evaluation result comparison showed that the quality of Angelicae Sinensis Radix in Min county, Weiyuan county and Zhang county were better than that of other regions, and Min county had the Angelicae Sinensis Radix with the best quality. Conclusion Evaluating Angelicae Sinensis Radix based on AHP fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model is feasible.