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Quality assurance for Chinese herbal formulae: standardization of IBS-20, a 20-herb preparation

Siu-Po Ip1, Ming Zhao1, Yanfang Xian1, Mengli Chen1, Yuying Zong1, Yung-Wui Tjong1, Sam-Hip Tsai1, Joseph JY Sung2, Alan Bensoussan3, Brian Berman4, Harry HS Fong5 and Chun-Tao Che1*

Author Affiliations

1 School of Chinese Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

2 Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

3 Centre for Complementary Medicine Research, University of Western Sydney, Australia

4 Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

5 Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

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Chinese Medicine 2010, 5:8 doi:10.1186/1749-8546-5-8

Published: 22 February 2010

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Summary of the herbs and their chemical marker.

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