菊苣药材质量评价的研究进展

Advances and Discussion in Studies on Quality Evaluation of Chicory

菊苣为蒙古族和维吾尔族习用药材,其质量直接影响到它临床应用的安全性和有效性。从多个角度对菊苣药材质量评价研究进行了综述,认为菊苣药材的质量评价需从真伪/品种鉴定和品质评价两个方向着手,结合各面的研究成果,形成综合、有效的质量评价体系。

Chicory is well known in Uighur folk medicine as a cholagogic and diuretic agent to improve the appetite,to increase digestion and to cure liver diseases,etc. The quality of chicory will affect its safety and effectiveness. This article briefly reviews the recent progress in the study of quality evaluation of chicory. We think that the quality evaluation of chicory should include its species evaluation and quality evaluation,and the combination of the researches on the quality of chicory will make it easy and effective to evaluate its quality.