中華人民共和國藥典中藥材薄層色譜彩色圖集 英文版 內容簡介

As an invaluable legacy left by our traditional culture，Traditional Chinese Medicine（TCM）is still playing an important role in China's health care system today。 In his report to the 17th CPC National Congress，President Hu Jin-Tao pointed out that the Chinese government will strongly support the development of Traditional Chinese and ethnic medicines。This policy provides us an unprecedented opportunity to carry forward and develop TCM。It is now generally recognized that Chinese crude drngs is the major material basis for TCM to prevent and treat diseases，and that its quality could largely decide the clinical therapeutic effects。As a matter of fact，quality control of Chinese crude drngs is now the biggest hurdle for the development and globalization of TCM。 Pharmacopoeia of the Peoples Republic of China（ChP）is the legal standard insuring the quality of medications in China。TLCAtlas of Chinese crude drngs in Pharmacopoeia of the Peoples Republic of China is one ofthe supplementary books of the ChP。This book uses elegant pictures and scientific words to illustrate the TLC identification ofTCM crude drugs recorded in the ChP。 The quality of TCM crude drugs could significantly influence the quality of proprietary Chinese medicines，and finally influence the safety and therapeutic effects of TCM。Thin-Layer Chromatography （TLC）is a rapid，direct，and informative technology for the identification of TCM crude drugs。TLC could reflect their inherent quality and thus can be used for their quality control。 Reference drug materials are used in TLC analyses in this book to present the global chromatographic features of Chinese crude drngs，so as to insure the authority and applicability of the ChP。 I believe that this is unique to the present book。 This book is informative with abundant and solid research data。 All the crude drug samples used in the studies are newly collected and represent different geographical sources。The TLC chromatograms were all original data obtained by the authors，and the pictures were taken by high quality digital cameras。More importantly，this book contributes significantly to supplement and improve the TLC：methods described in the ChP。Therefore，this atlas is not only a legal standard of TLC identification of TCM crude drugs， but also a useful collection of latest research results in this field。I am glad to notice that all the contents in this book are published for the first time。 The pictures are highly clear， and the TLC features are easy to be determined。I believe that this book will enhance the quality control research and clinical use of Chinese crude drugs， improve TCM development，and promote administrative supervision of TCM in China。