TY - JOUR A2 - De Tommasi, Nunziatina AU - Pang, Bingyao AU - Zhu, Ying AU - Lu, Longqing AU - Gu, Fangbing AU - Chen, Hailong PY - 2016 DA - 2016/11/10 TI - The Applications and Features of Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry in the Analysis of Traditional Chinese Medicine SP - 3837270 VL - 2016 AB - With increasingly improved separation of complex samples and detection of unknown material capabilities, liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (LC-MS) has been widely used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) research. This article describes the principles of liquid chromatography (LC) and mass spectrometry (MS) and their advantages and disadvantages in qualitative and quantitative analysis of TCM. We retrieved research literatures about the application of LC-MS in TCM published during the past five years at home and abroad. To better guide the analysis of TCM, this review mainly focuses on the applications category of LC-MS, how often different kinds of LC-MS are used, and the qualitative and quantitative ability of various LC-MS in the study of TCM. SN - 1741-427X UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/3837270 DO - 10.1155/2016/3837270 JF - Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -