Biological Ingredient Analysis of Traditional Herbal Patent Medicine Fuke Desheng Wan Using the Shotgun Metabarcoding Approach.

ABSTRACT: With the widespread use of traditional medicine around the world, the safety and efficacy of traditional herbal patent medicine have become an increasing concern to the public. However, it is difficult to supervise the authenticity of herbal materials in mixed herbal products according to the current quality standards, especially for traditional herbal patent medicine, with a distinct variance in the dosage of herbal materials. This study utilized the shotgun metabarcoding approach to analyze the biological ingredients of Fuke Desheng Wan (FKDSW), which is an effective traditional herbal product for the treatment of dysmenorrhea. Six herbal materials were collected, and a lab-made mock FKDSW sample was produced to establish a method for the authentication assessment of biological ingredien

SUBMITTER: Xie H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8416078 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature