Supermolecules As a Quality Markers of Herbal Medicinal Products

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Journal Heliyon

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 2022 Dec 26

PMID 36568034

Authors

Wenhui Cheng

Shuang Li

Jiyang Han

Jin Su

Wei Cai

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Abstract

Herbal medicines have greatly contributed to human health worldwide for thousands of years. In particular, traditional Chinese medicine plays an essential role in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. With the exponentially increasing use and global attention to herbal medicinal products (HMPs), efficacy and safety have become major public concerns in many countries. In general, the quantification and qualification of quality markers (Q-markers) is the most common way to solve this issue. In the last few decades, small molecules, including flavonoids, terpenes, phenylpropanoids, alkaloids, phenols, and glycosides have been extensively investigated as Q-markers for HMP quality control. With the development of biotechnology in the last decade, scientists have begun to explore HMPs macromolecules, including polysaccharides and DNA, for their establishment as Q-markers. In recent years, supermolecules with stronger biological activities have been found in HMPs. In this review, we summarize and discuss the current Q-markers for HMP quality control; in particular, the possibility of using supermolecules as Q-markers based on structure and activity was discussed.

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