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In this study, an MSF based on single quadrupole mass spectrometry method was established, and was successfully used for the quality control of Venenum bufonis (VB), a famous TCM which was used clinically for cancer treatment in China. The results showed that the superiority of MSF for more chemical information exposure and the finding of more potential chemical markers (eight versus four) compared with the traditional photo-diode array (a kind of ultra violet detector, PDA). Besides, the performance of MSF was also validated by similarity and principle component analysis (PCA) of MS data acquired on two other mass spectrometry (low-resolution, triple quadrupole, QQQ, and high-resolution, quadruple time-of-flight, Q-TOF), showing high consistency with QQQ and Q-TOF, but robustness with few parameters\u2019 settings. 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