Asian Journal
Of Traditional Medicines

Abstract: Notoginseng has the effect of dispersing blood stasis, relieving swelling and pain. It is mainly used for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. At present, because of the wide application of Notoginseng, the market demands a great deal, leading to the emergence of a lot of fake products in the market as authentic Notoginseng, or adulterated in the powder of Notoginseng, which is a great potential harm to consumers. Therefore, the identification of Notoginseng becomes particularly important. Nowadays, scholars have developed a variety of methods for the identification of Notoginseng, including character identification, microscopic identification, physical and chemical identification, protein marker identification and molecular identification. This paper summarizes the research progress of the identification technology of Notoginseng and provides theoretical basis and method basis for the supervision of market of Notoginseng.

Key words: Notoginseng, identification, adulterants, authentication, powder