[Development of full-quantified fingerprint for quality control of traditional Chinese medicines]

Full-quantified fingerprint technique combines the fingerprint technique and multiple-target determination technique. The development of full-quantified fingerprint technique includes the preparation of full-quantified fraction, the quality control in preparation process with fingerprint technique and determination of products. In this paper, the full-quantified fractions of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge. were prepared by water extraction, deposition with the ethanol, membrane filter, separation on macroporous resin and separation with preparative high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Fingerprint technique was used to test the reproducibility of preparation. Three ingredients, protocatechualdehyde, rosmarinic acid, salvianolic acid B were determined and the sum of their contents was more than 50%. The pharmaceutical active compounds were taken as the preparation target. The impurities were removed effectively by multiple preparations, and the specification of full-quantified fraction was improved greatly.