Chinese medicines	Alkaloids	Adsorbent		Elution Process		Purity	Recovery	Reference
Chinese medicines	Alkaloids	Type	Mesh/Particle Size	Eluent Composition	Elution Method	Purity	Recovery	Reference
Lindera aggregata	several fractions of aconite alkaloids	C18-reversed silica gel		methanol - water	gradient elution			[56]
Clausena anisum-olens	8 fractions of aconite alkaloids	silica gel		petroleum ether - ethyl acetate ethyl acetate ethyl acetate - methanol methanol	gradient elution			[61]
Angelica dahurica	20 fractions of aconite alkaloids	RP-C18-reversed silica gel		methanol - water	gradient elution			[58]
Rauvolfia yunnanensis	2 fractions of aconite alkaloids	silica gel		chloroform - methanol	gradient elution			[54]
Herba Aconiti	heteratisine, hordenine, talatisamine	silica gel		cyclohexane - acetone	gradient elution	all >98%		[58]
Semen holarrhenae	total alkaloids (containing three alkaloid monomers)	silica gel	200 - 300 mesh	chloroform - methanol	gradient elution	chemical compound 1: 89.23%, chemical compound 2: 94.89%, chemical compound 3: 62.64%		[55]
Fritillary	4 fractions of aconite alkaloids	silica gel	200 - 300 mesh	petroleum ether - acetone	gradient elution			[62]
	suchengbeisine	silica gel	200 - 300 mesh	chloroform - methanol	gradient elution
	verticinone-N-oxide	silica gel	200 - 300 mesh	chloroform - methanol	gradient elution
Corydalis saxicola	total alkaloids	silica gel	200 - 300 mesh	chloroform - methanol	gradient elution			[63]
Aconitum taipeicum	total alkaloids	silica gel		chloroform - methanol	gradient elution			[64]
Semen plantaginis	7 fractions of aconite alkaloids	silica gel		chloroform - methanol - ammonium hydroxide	isocratic elution			[59]
Catharanthus roseus	vincristine, vincaleukoblastinum	silica gel		carrene - methanol	gradient elution	vincristine: 97.26%, vincaleukoblastinum: 94.18%	vincristine: 61.12%, vincaleukoblastinum: 58.50%	[65]
Sophora alopecuroide	N-oxysophocarpine, oxymatrine	silica gel	200 - 300 mesh	chloroform – methanol - ammonium hydroxide	isocratic elution	>99%		[60]
Sophora alopecuroide	sophoridine	silica gel	200 - 300 mesh	Acetone - methanol	isocratic elution	95.80%		[60]
Sophora alopecuroide	matrine, oxymatrine	silica gel	300 - 400 mesh	chloroform, chloroform - methanol	isocratic elution	matrine: >95%, oxymatrine: >95%	matrine: 22.2%, oxymatrine: 42.6%	[66]