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Qualitative Research

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There are five methods for the identification of medicinal Danshen: morphological identification , microscopic identification , physio-chemical identification, TLC (Thin-Layer Chromatography) identification , and spectral identification . These methods are simple and feasible, and capable of accurately identifying the authenticity and quality of Danshen. At present, there are a wide variety of Danshen preparations, the most representative preparations of which are Composite Danshen Dropping Pill (Dantonicâ„¢), Danshen Injection, Compound Danshen Tablet , Xiangdan Injection , and Guanxinning Injection . This chapter discusses the qualitative identification of these five preparations.

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Fan, G. et al. (2015). Qualitative Research. In: Yan, X. (eds) Dan Shen (Salvia miltiorrhiza) in Medicine. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9463-3_12

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