[Study on quality control of Paeonia lactiflora].
OBJECTIVE: To provide the experimental data for the quality control of Paeonia lactiflora a prepared Chinese medicinal herb. METHOD: The contents paeoniflorin among different growing areas and different processing methods methods were assayed by HPLC. RESULT: The quantitative differences of paeoniflorin content among different growing areas and different processing methods wereanalyzed quantitatively. CONCLUSION: The quantitative differences among different growing areas were not significant and the quantitative differences among different processing methods within 10%.