Morphological and microscopic characterization of five commonly-used testacean traditional Chinese medicines

Xu, Ying; Song, Wei; Zhou, Ping; Li, Ping; Li, Huijun

doi:10.1016/j.apsb.2015.03.014

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“…(ii) authentic versus adulterated materials; (iii) authentic versus sulfur-fumigated materials, and (iv) authentic versus dyed materials. The authors found that the UPE could be utilized as a fast, simple, and inexpensive method for identification of herbal materials in comparison to conventional techniques such as morphological and microscopic methods, chromatography and spectrum photometer analyses, molecular biology assays, and biomimetic technologies (Chen et al, 2012;Xu et al, 2015).…”

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Ultra-weak photon emission: a nondestructive detection tool for food quality and safety assessment

Nematollahi

Alinasab

Nassiri

et al. 2020

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A new aspect covering interactions between cells and their surroundings via electromagnetic waves was introduced by applying ultra-weak photon emission (UPE). The UPE originates from the relaxation of electronically excited species resulting from oxidative metabolic processes and oxidative stress associated with reactive oxygen species (ROS). The ROS plays a critical role in the quality of foods, and their determination is of extreme importance. The ROS and the intensity of the UPE have significantly correlated. The UPE can be effectively monitored by specific instruments such as photomultiplier tube and charged-coupled devices. The current review is devoted to providing an overview of the quality of food products by the aid of UPE via evaluating the correlations between UPE and food quality indices. In this regard, the UPE can be utilized in food quality as a real-time, noninvasive, and nondestructive technique without complex instruments. However, the implementation of the UPE method for evaluation of food quality needs further investigations.

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Ultra-weak photon emission: a nondestructive detection tool for food quality and safety assessment

Nematollahi

Alinasab

Nassiri

et al. 2020

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“…Microscopic observation is a common method for the identi cation of Chinese herbal materials [18]. In this study, the powdered velvet antler samples (300-µm particles) were sealed with dilute glycerin when observed under the video capture electron microscope (Model XSZ-N107CCD, Shanghai Guangmi Instrument Co., Ltd., China).…”

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Investigation of Quality Assessment for Different Grades of Velvet Antler: a Strategy Combined Microscopic Observation, Delayed Luminescence and Chemical Analysis

Fan

Zhu

et al. 2020

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Background As a famous animal-derived herbal medicine, the pharmacological functions of velvet antler are widely recognized in the world. However, there are still great limitations on quality standard and control system of velvet antler. Methods In this research, microscopic observation, delayed luminescence (DL) and chemical analysis were used to evaluate the four grades of velvet antler slices obtained from Cervus nippon Temminck and Cervus elaphus Linnaeu. In addition, those three measurement platforms have been used to compared the two of the four grades among Cervus nippon Temminck, Cervus elaphus Linnaeu and Rangifer tarandus. Results We assessed the quality grades of velvet antler slices by using microscopic observation, delayed luminescence and chemical analysis. These techniques are able to indicate the difference of different grades of velvet antler slices to a certain extent, and has their own advantages, respectively. Conclusion As a new, rapid and systemic tool, DL provides a technique for studying the overall property of different grades of velvet antler slices, and the integrated assessment by measuring microscopic observation, DL and chemical components may provide a novel means to measure animal-derived herbal quality control.

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“…Microscopic technology has the advantages of speed, simplicity, reliability, requires small samples amounts, and is low cost. This method is applied in many pharmacopoeias (Zhao et al, 2006) and has been successfully used to identify herbal medicines and authenticate Chinese prescriptions (Liu et al, 2011;Kang et al, 2012;Xu et al, 2015). Moreover, histological techniques based on microscopic examination have been used to reveal the characteristics of tissue structure and arrangement of cells that could be used as markers for identifying original sources of plant-derived drugs, such as Aloe vera var.…”

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A Novel Method to Identify Three Quality Grades of Herbal Medicine Ophiopogonis Radix by Microscopic Quantification

Wei

Zhang

et al. 2021

Front. Pharmacol.

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Maidong, the root tuber of Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl., is a commonly used herbal medicine in China. There are three quality grades of Maidong according to traditional opinion and modern research studies: superior quality (Zhe-Maidong), medium quality (Chuan-Maidong), and poorest quality (Chuan-Maidong with paclobutrazol, which is a kind of plant growth regulator). However, no efficient way to distinguish the three quality grades of Maidong exists; thus, the herbal markets and botanical pharmacies are flooded with Chuan-Maidong with paclobutrazol. To ensure the safety and quality of Maidong, a comparative microscopic study was performed on three quality grades of Maidong. The result was to establish a microscopic quantification method based on the area ratio between xylem and pith to distinguish the three quality grades of Maidong. Subsequently, Maidong from regional markets was evaluated by this method. In this study, we developed a novel quantification method to identify the three quality grades of Maidong, which could in turn make efforts on the quality improvement of Maidong. Our study is the first to demonstrate that microscopic technology could be used to distinguish different quality grades of a specific herbal medicine.

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Morphological and microscopic characterization of five commonly-used testacean traditional Chinese medicines

Cited by 13 publications

References 7 publications

Ultra-weak photon emission: a nondestructive detection tool for food quality and safety assessment

Ultra-weak photon emission: a nondestructive detection tool for food quality and safety assessment

Investigation of Quality Assessment for Different Grades of Velvet Antler: a Strategy Combined Microscopic Observation, Delayed Luminescence and Chemical Analysis

A Novel Method to Identify Three Quality Grades of Herbal Medicine Ophiopogonis Radix by Microscopic Quantification

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