Study of substance changes in flowers of Pueraria thunbergiana Benth. during storage

Arch Pharm Res. 2003 Mar;26(3):210-3. doi: 10.1007/BF02976832.

Abstract

Puerariae Flos is a traditional herbal medicine that has long been used as a treatment for colds, diabetes, and hangovers. The herbal medicine contains a wide variety of isoflavones such as kakkalide, tectoridin, and tectorigenin. This study demonstrates that the substances undergo a certain degree of change depending on the storage period by the method of HPLC and 13C-NMR, and that the HPLC analysis can be used to determine the freshness of Puerariae Flos.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Drug Storage / methods
  • Flowers*
  • Isoflavones / analysis*
  • Isoflavones / chemistry
  • Isoflavones / isolation & purification
  • Plant Extracts / analysis
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
  • Pueraria*

Substances

  • Isoflavones
  • Plant Extracts