Herbal chip
AssigneeAdvanced Gene Technology, Corp.
InventorsSu-Chen Chang, Li-Wei Hsu, Jyh-Phen Chen, Jeng-Woei Lee
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a herbal chip comprising a plastic slide, a coating as a spacer on the plastic slide, and fractions or components obtained from herbs that are independently allocated in microarrays on the coating. The herbal chip is useful for screening for active ingredients contained in the herbs that have specific pharmacological or therapeutical functions.
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An herbal chip comprising a plastic slide, a costing on the plastic slide which binds fractions or components obtained from herbs to said slide in independently allocated microarrays on the coating, wherein said coating comprises a polyfuctional aldehyde coupled to said slide to which is coupled a compound which provides at least one NH2 group, to which is bound a polyfunctional epoxide compound comprising at least one epoxide for coupling to said amino group(s) and at least one expoide which is coupled to an herbal fraction or component.
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