Current status in studies on quality evaluation methods of Farfarae Flos / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Farfarae Flos, one of the important herbal drugs in Chinese materia medica (CMM), is commonly used to in the clinical and pharmaceutical industry of CMM. The quality of Farfarae Flos is closed related with its safety and efficacy in the clinic. In this review, the previous studies on the quality evaluation of Farfarae Flos were summarized and analyzed from morphological identification, microscopic identification, thin-layer chromatography, physicochemical analysis, fingerprinting, commodity specification and grade, etc, which provides the necessary reference and scientific basis for improving the quality standards of Farfarae Flos.