“…Moutan Cortex (MC), as the main medicinal part, is the dry root bark of the peony, and is one of the most important herbs in traditional Chinese medicine [2]. MC was first published in the Shennong's Herbal Classic of Materia Medica [3] and performs a variety of medicinal functions, such as anti-inflammatory [4], antioxidant [5], anti-bacterial, anti-cancer [6], and anti-diabetes [7]. There are many components isolated from MC, mainly including phenols and phenolic glycosides, monoterpenes, and their glycosides, sterols, flavonoids, coumarins, polysaccharides, and organic acids, etc.…”