High-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry method (HPLC-Q-TOF/MS) was employed for herbal metabonomic analysis of GF samples.  27 potentially active components for liver protection and 21 potentially active components with anti-inflammatory properties were identified by herbal metabolomic analysis based on HPLC-Q-TOF/MS. 
HPLC-Q-TOF/MS
Gray correlation analysis (GCA) was utilized to screen out the components closely associated with the activities. 
Gray correlation analysis (GCA)