Chemical Composition Changes in Tripterygium Wilfordii Processed by Liquorice

A 663.3 KB document uploaded to figshare on March 18, 2026, by Quan Rao under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It details a plant metabolomics study using LC-IT-TOF/MS to analyze how liquorice processing alters the chemical composition of the herb Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TwHF). The research identifies differential compounds potentially linked to reduced toxicity.

Use Cases

• Identify toxicity-related chemical markers in herbal medicines based on the differential compounds mentioned.
• Study the effects of traditional processing techniques on plant chemistry based on the comparison of raw, combined, and processed samples.
• Train models to classify or predict the outcomes of herb-herb interactions based on compositional changes.
• Validate analytical methods for plant metabolomics using the LC-IT-TOF/MS technique described.

Strengths

• Specific analytical method (LC-IT-TOF/MS) is named, indicating a defined methodology.
• Explicitly identifies 12 differential compounds (e.g., triptolide, glycyrrhizic acid) as key findings.
• Clear comparative design analyzing three sample types: raw, combined, and processed.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The primary data file is a DOCX document (663.3 KB), which may contain processed results rather than raw, machine-readable data tables.
• Scale is limited to a single herb and one processing agent, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Quan Rao.

Collection Method

Plant metabolomics analysis using LC-IT-TOF/MS on samples of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 07:44:06; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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