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Aconitum and its products have ben used in Asia for centuries to treat various ailments, including arthritis, gout, cancer, and inflammation. In general, their preparations and dispensing have been restricted to qualified folk medicine healers due to their low safety index and reported toxicity. In th past few decades, official guidelines have beenm introduced in Asian pharmacopeias to control Aconitum herbal products. However, these guidelines were based on primitive analytical techniques for the determination of the whole Acontium alkaloids and were unable to distinguish between toxic and nontoxic components. Recent advances in analytical techniques, espically high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and electrophoresis coupled with highly sensitive dectectors, alowed rapid and accurate determination of Acontium secondary metabolites. Reports focusing on liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis of Acontium and its herbal products are discussed in the current review. This review can be used by the health regulatory authorities for updating pharmacopeial guidelines of Aconitum and its herbal spectrometry products. Copy
