Monitoring the Consistency Quality and Antioxidant Activity of Da Hong Pao Teas by HPLC Fingerprinting.

In the present study, a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method was developed and validated for fingerprint profiling to evaluate the quality consistency of the Da Hong Pao tea. The chromatographic separation was performed on a USA Waters C18 column (4.6 mm × 250 mm, 5 μm, Waters-XBridge Shield RP 18) with gradient elution.

The in vitro immunomodulatory activity of a polysaccharide isolated from Kadsura marmorata.

Kadsura marmorata has been used in traditional Chinese medicine as one of the major ingredients for the treatment of bronchial asthma, eczema, and acute and chronic infection due to either viruses or bacteria. The purpose of this study was to determine the immunomodulatory activities of the Kadsura polysaccharide (KPS) that was isolated and purified from the fruit of K. marmorata, designated as KPSIII and has a molecular weight of 130,406.