Study on status of criteria for formulating specification and grade of Chinese medicinal materials based on filed survey in medicine market.

Author: Guang YANG ¹ ; Nuo WANG ² ; Zhi-Lai ZHAN ¹ ; Hai-Yang WANG ¹ ; Yan JIN ¹
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1. State Key Laboratory of famous-region drug,National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
2. School Of Economics And Resources Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Chinese medicine commodity; quality; resource economy; specifications and grades
From: China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2016;41(5):761-763
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: The commodity specification and grade is an important factor affecting the price of Chinese medicinal materials. Specification and grade standard play an important role in transferring quality information in Chinese medicinal market, which is characterized by highly information asymmetry. This paper analyses and expounds six classification methods of commodity specification and grade of Chinese medicinal materials based on the market investigation carried out in the medicine markets in Anguo, Bozhou, Yulin, Chengdu and so on. This study proposes that to formulate the commodity specification and grade standard of Chinese medicinal materials, their efficacy, inspection, purity and beauty should be taken into account orderly.