Annual Report 2003–04

傑出研究計劃 Outstanding Research Project— 理學院 Faculty of Science 香港中藥標準品研究課題第一期項目 於是年完成，研究 了四 個常用中藥 (牡丹皮、黃柏、黃庽和澤瀉）的生藥指 標，包括品種來源、肉眼和顯微性狀鑑 定、化學成分分析， 以 及薄層和高壓液相 的指紋圖譜，另制訂了化學指證標記物。 研究結果對香港的中藥鑑定和質量控制會 有很大幫助。研究主持車鎮濤敎授 已 開 展第 二 期項 目 ，研究另外 八 種常用中藥的 生藥標準。 The past year witnessed the completion of the first phase of a research project, under the name of Hong Kong Chinese Materia Medica Standards. The first phase of this project investigated four commonly used Chinese herbs, namely, Cortex Moutan, Cortex Phellodendri Chinensis, Radix Astragali, a n d Rhizoma Alismatis. The project involves the detailed investigation of these four herbs in various standard criteria including macroscopic and microscopic examinations, chemical characterizations, and chromatographic such as thin layer chromatographic, and high performance liquid chromatographic fingerprints. Some marker compounds were also isolated from these plants. The completion of this project has some significant impact on the identification and quality assurance of Chinese medicinal plants in Hong Kong, as the results derived provide accurate and well accepted phytochemical data which can readily be used as reliable standards for further quality control of these commonly used Chinese herbs. The second phase of the project, which investigates eight more common Chinese herbs, is now in progress. 香港中藥標準品硏究 Hong Kong Chinese Materia Medica Standards 香港中文大學年報CUHKAnnual Report 2003-2004 52