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Salvia miltiorrhiza Root and Rhizome Powder

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1.00
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2025-11-24
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1.0

Salvia miltiorrhiza Root and Rhziome Powder


 

DEFINITION

The article consists of the dried roots and rhizomes of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Family Lamiaceae) collected in spring or fall, and reduced to a powder or very fine powder. It contains NLT 0.1% of tanshinone IIA; NLT 0.2% of total tanshinones calculated as the sum of cryptotanshinone, tanshinone I, and tanshinone IIA; and NLT 3.0% of salvianolic acid B; all calculated on the dried basis.

 

POTENTIAL CONFOUNDING MATERIALS

Salvia bowleyana Dun

Salvia przewalskii Maxim.

Salvia trijuga Diels

Salvia yunnanensis C. H. Wight

 

CONSTITUENTS OF INTEREST