Quality assessment of herbal medicines based on chemical fingerprints combined with chemometrics approach: A review

Herbal medicine (HM) has been playing a pivotal role in maintaining human health since ancient times, and its therapeutic theory and clinical experience are the precious traditional medical knowledge reserves. As HM occupies an important position in its own right in global healthcare systems, robust quality assessment and control over its complex chemical composition was of great significance to assure its efficacy and safety. Over the past...