Abstract
Quality control is the key for modernization and internationalization of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs). Besides techniques, key scientific issues in research on quality control of TCMs are crucial for well understanding TCMs. In this chapter, science including the principles for optimization of quality markers and alternative reference compounds were reviewed and discussed.
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The research was partially funded by grants from the Science and Technology Development Fund, Macau SAR (File no. 0075/2022/A and 028/2022/ITP), the Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province (File no. 2020B1111110006), and the University of Macau (File no. MYRG2022-00231-ICMS / CPG2023-00018-ICMS/MYRG-GRG2023-00082-ICMS-UMDF).
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Li, S., Zhao, J. (2024). Key Scientific Issues in Research for Quality Control of Chinese Medicines. In: Li, S., Zhao, J. (eds) Quality Control of Chinese Medicines . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9871-5_1
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