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Knock-Out and Knock-In Technique for Finding Integrative Components that Contribute to Effect of Chinese Medicines
Elucidating the effective constituents of Chinese medicine (CM) is a big challenge due to its complex constituents and diverse interactions. Knock-out/knock-in technique is a promising strategy to reveal the i...
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Chromatographic Separation with On-Line (Bio)Assay, a Rapid Technique for Screening Active Compounds from Chinese Medicines
Due to the complex compositions of Chinese medicine (CM), how to rapidly and efficiently discovery the biologically active components from them is a huge challenge. Traditionally, tedious extraction-isolation-...
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Key Scientific Issues in Research for Quality Control of Chinese Medicines
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 w...
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HPLC and HPLC–MS for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Chinese Medicines
Active compounds derived from Chinese medicines (CMs) have already illustrated immense therapeutic potential over an array of different diseases, and served as an inexhausted source for drug discovery and deve...
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Applications of Pressurized Liquid Extraction in Quality Control of Traditional Chinese Medicines
For many bioactive chemicals contained in traditional Chinese medicines, pressurized liquid extraction has become a preferred green extraction method. This review goes over the extraction principles and how to...
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Advance and Challenge of Component-Effect Relationship in the Discovery of Active Components from Chinese Medicines
Active ingredients discovery has always been a hot topic for the research of Chinese medicines (CMs). The component-effect relationship is one of the widely used strategies for finding herbal active ingredient...
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Application of Thin-Layer Chromatography in Quality Control of Chinese Medicines
Thin-layer chromatography is a conventional analytical method in quality control of traditional Chinese medicines. Many advantageous characteristics make it an important technology in quality research. However...
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Application of Gas Chromatography and Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry in Quality Control of Chinese Medicines
Gas chromatography (GC) is a well-known and widely employed technique for separation and analysis of the gaseous and volatile components. Modern GC technique was firstly invented by James and Martin in 1952 an...
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Quality Control of Chinese Medicines Using UPLC–MS
Quality control of Chinese medicines (CMs) is a difficult work because of their intrinsic complexity. UPLC-MS is at the forefront of this crucial challenge due to its prominent performance in qualitative and q...
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Chemometrics in Quality Control of Traditional Chinese Medicines
The modernization and globalization of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) require the implementation of a robust quality control system, and the application of modern theories and technologies in analytical ...
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Strategies for Quality Control of Polysaccharides in Chinese Medicines
Polysaccharides with multiple biological activities are usually considered as one of the major bioactive compounds in Chinese medicines (CMs). At present, the development of drugs and functional foods related ...
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Bio-Specific Extraction/Receptor Fishing for Screening of Active Components in Chinese Medicines
In this chapter, the principles and processes of bio-specific extraction/receptor fishing, such as equilibrium dialysis, centrifugation, and material-based ligand screening assay, are briefly introduced, respe...
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Application of Supercritical Fluid Extraction in Quality Control of Chinese Medicines
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCMs), as an important branch of medicine, has been used in the treatment of various diseases in East Asia for thousands of years. However, due to the complexity of TCMs, the deve...
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Current Status of Microporous Metal–Organic Frameworks for Hydrocarbon Separations
Separation of hydrocarbon mixtures into single components is a very important industrial process because all represent very important energy resources/raw chemicals in the petrochemical industry. The well-esta...
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Environmental Profile of Nano-finished Textile Materials: Implications on Public Health, Risk Assessment, and Public Perception
Antimicrobial modification via the use of nanomaterials or nanocomposites have emerged very strongly from recent past because of increasing public concerns related to the health hygiene. However, negative envi...
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Solid-State NMR Studies of Zeolites and Zeotype Materials Synthesis
Understanding of synthesis mechanism is a prerequisite for the rational design of materials with desired structure and property. NMR is a powerful and unique tool that can probe the local or atomic environment...
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Solid-State NMR Characterization of Host-Guest Interactions
This chapter introduces the application of solid-state NMR to elucidate the host-guest interaction in zelite and zeotype materials. Host-guest interactions between adsorbed molecules and active sites strongly...
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In Situ Solid-State NMR Investigation of Catalytic Reactions on Zeolites
The design of an efficient catalyst for a specific reaction depends on the understanding of the , which requires the fundamental knowledge about the reaction mechanisms. This chapter deals with the developmen...
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Solid-State NMR Principles and Techniques
This chapter gives a brief introduction of nuclear spin interactions in solids. Then techniques to manipulate these internal interactions via space and spin aspects are presented, including magic-angle spinnin...
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Solid-State NMR Characterization of Framework Structure of Zeolites and Zeotype Materials
This chapter introduces the application of solid-state NMR to characterize the framework structure of zeolite and zeotype materials. Zeolites are inorganic crystallites containing pores and cavities of molecul...