Objective: To evaluate the medicinal quality of different cultivars (strains) of Angelica Sinensis Radix by TOPSIS and provide reference for controlling quality of Angelica Sinensis Radix.Method: With volatile oils

ferulic acid

butene phthalide

ligustilide

European angelica lactones A

polysaccharides

and flavonoids extract contents as the evaluation indexes

TOPSIS method was used to establish the comprehensive evaluation model-TOPSIS model for angelica medicinal quality based on the multiple index evaluation system.Result: Mingui No. 3

Mingui No. 4 and wild angelica herbs had the best quality

followed by angelica produced in Min county and Zhang county

as well as cultivated strain 2000-01 and Mingui No. 2

Mingui No. 5

and Mingui No. 1.The angelica produced in Qinghai had the worst quality. The content of volatile oil in Mingui No.4 was 1.48 times of that in Qinghai angelica

while ligustilide content was 1.69 times of that in Qinghai angelica.Conclusion: Through this research

it is suggested that the contents determination of butene phthalide and ligustilide

and characteristic fingerprint can be used as quality evaluation indexes of Angelica Sinensis Radix.