Herbal preparation has recently increased health awareness and its efficacy is brought about by the multi-constituents. Therefore, the application of mass spectrometry (MS) in herbal preparation has been dramatically growing due to the improved detection capabilities. It offered high sensitivity, high-throughput and selectivity, has better accuracy, and can be utilized to quantitative, qualitative and imaging. High-throughput screening method integrated with MS platform is an excellent tool to analyse the multi-components of herbal preparation in the post-genomic era. For providing an up-to-date overview of MS application on the HM-derived compounds, the papers published in the latest years involving quantitative and qualitative analysis of chemical constituents and MS platform integrated with high-throughput screening method are summarized in this review. Examples of the application of MS in the HM sciences focusing on chemical analysis are highlighted, and new developments and future prospects are also highlighted.

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草药成分分析质谱的最新发展和新兴趋势

草药制剂最近增强了健康意识，其功效是由多种成分带来的。因此，由于改进的检测能力，质谱（MS）在草药制剂中的应用已急剧增长。它具有高灵敏度，高通量和选择性的特点，具有更高的准确度，可用于定量，定性和成像。与MS平台集成的高通量筛选方法是分析后基因组时代草药制剂中多种成分的出色工具。为了提供有关HM衍生化合物的MS应用的最新概述，本文综述了近年来发表的有关化学成分的定量和定性分析以及结合高通量筛选方法的质谱平台的论文。重点介绍了MS在重金属化学分析的HM科学中的应用实例，并重点介绍了新的发展和未来前景。