Eliciation of Quality Control of Cigarette Production by the Fingerprint Spectra of Chinese Traditional Medicines

The concept and significance of the fingerprint spectra of traditional Chinese medicines were introduced and the present status of tobacco analysis was reviewed.Based on the similarity between the above mentioned topics,the importance of the study of digital fingerprint spectra was emphasized.A tentative idea to establish digital fingerpirint spectra of tobacco was proposed (61 ref.cited).