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 II_A; NLT 0.2% of total tanshinones calculated as the sum of cryptotanshinone, tanshinone I, and tanshinone II_A; 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

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