Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Used for Separation and Identification of Flavonoid Glycosides in Herba Epimedii Extracts

Herba Epimedii is the dried above-ground part of the genus Epimedium. Several herbs belonging to the genus Epimedium have been used in many variations of preparations and formulas for treating a wide range of diseases especially reinforcing Yang and toning the kidney by Chinese physicians for centuriesl'-~:. More than 130 chem-