ABSTRACT
The common peak ratio and variant peak ratio were calculated by FTIR spectroscopy of six medicinal plants of polygonatum. The index sequence of common peak ratio and variant peak ratio of six medicinal plants was established and the FTIR spectroscopy was analyzed by cluster analysis, which indicated the sibship of the six medicinal plants, polygonati rhizoma, polygonati odorati rhizoma and their adulterant such as Polygonatum filipes Merr., Polygonatum macropodium Turcz. and Polygonatum humile Fisch Ex Maxim. could be identified by comparing second derivative spectrum of the samples. FTIR with good characteristics such as simple and rapid procedures, nondestructive testing, small amount of sample required, good reproducibility and specificity of fingerprint, provides a new method for identification of polygonati rhizoma, polygonati odorati rhizoma and their adulterant.
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Plants, Medicinal/classification , Polygonatum/chemistry , Polygonatum/classification , Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared/methods , Cluster Analysis , Drugs, Chinese Herbal/chemistry , Plants, Medicinal/chemistryABSTRACT
Common and variation peak rates were calculated as dual-index for drug samples based on the infrared spectrogram of Angelicae Pubescentis Radix samples from different places. The results indicated that the common peak rates of 4 samples from Sichuan province, 2 samples from Gansu province, and 2 samples from Hubei province were higher than 73% , 79. 5% and 76. 3%, respectively. Also, the variation peak rates of 2 samples from Gansu province were lower than 12. 9%. Therefore, there is similar germplasm resources and similar chemical composition in the samples originated from the same place. However, for the samples originated from different places, their germplasm resources and chemical composition maybe have been changed. Fourier transform infrared spectrometry could be used to evaluate the rule of the fingerprint and overview of Angelicae Pubescentis Radix originated from different places by its changes of germplasm resources and chemical composition.