Isolation and Quantitative Analysis of Icariin from Epimedii Herba

음양곽으로부터 Icariin의 분리 및 함량분석

  • Lee, Hye-Won (Quality Control of Herbal Medicine Department, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Hwang, Seong-Won (Quality Control of Herbal Medicine Department, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Ko, Byoung-Seob (Quality Control of Herbal Medicine Department, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Ho-Kyoung (Quality Control of Herbal Medicine Department, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
  • 이혜원 (한국한의학연구원 검사사업부) ;
  • 황성원 (한국한의학연구원 검사사업부) ;
  • 고병섭 (한국한의학연구원 검사사업부) ;
  • 김호경 (한국한의학연구원 검사사업부)
  • Published : 2001.03.30

Abstract

Epimedii Herba has been used for tonic, cardiotonic, impotency, amnestic and diuretic. Icariin, a main component was isolated from the Epimedii Herba and identified by the spectroscopic methods. In order to evaluate the quality of Epimedii Herba purchased from various regions of Korea, quantitative determination of icariin in Epimedii Herba using HPLC method has been conducted. Quantitative analysis showed the average amount of icariin in commercial 42 samples was 0.34% on the dry weight basis.

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