Study advances of microwave processing technology in traditional Chinese medicine.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20200221.309
- Author:
Lu-Meng CHEN
1
;
Ya-Nan HE
1
;
Fang WANG
2
;
Wei HUANG
1
;
Run-Chun XU
1
;
Nan LI
1
;
Hong-Yan MA
1
;
Li HAN
1
;
Wen-Quan ZOU
3
;
Ding-Kun ZHANG
1
;
Ming YANG
2
Author Information
1. State Key Laboratory of Characteristic Chinese Drug Resources in Southwest China, School of Pharmacy,Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Chengdu 611137, China.
2. State Key Laboratory of Innovation Drug and Efficient Energy-Saving Pharmaceutical Equipment, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine under Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004, China.
3. School of Chemistry, Sichuan University Chengdu 610064, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Chinese medicine processing;
industrial transformation;
microwave processing technology;
processing principle;
technological innovation
- MeSH:
Aconitum;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
Microwaves;
Quality Control
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2020;45(9):2073-2081
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The iterative innovation of processing technology is one of the important tasks in studies on processing of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM). It is also the prerequisite for modern, refined, automatic and intelligent manufacturing of TCM pieces. Microwave processing is a new fire processing technique developed in the recent 30 years, with a unique thermodynamic form, and energy transfer and transformation laws. Moreover, it owns the advantages of a high processing efficiency, good product properties and low production energy consumption, with great application prospects. This paper introduced the study overview of microwave expansion technology in the food industry, reviewed the origin of microwave processing technology of TCM, and expounded the basic concept, principle and main purpose of microwave processing technology used in TCM. Then, the impacts of drug factors and microwave factors on the microwave processing effect were summarized, the industrial equipment that could be used for microwave processing was listed, and the impacts of microwave heating on starch, polysaccharide, protein and other components in Chinese herbal medicines were analyzed. Furthermore, the study advance of microwave processing of 14 herbs was investigated, including Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparaia, Galli Gigerii Endothelium Corneum and Asini Corii Colla; and the appearance and components of herbs processed by traditional processing method and microwave processing method were compared, so as to reveal the opportunities and challenges of microwave processing technology in the industrial transformation. We hoped that the systematic study of microwave processing technology could provide new ideas and techniques for the high-quality and high-level development of the TCM pieces industry in the new era, and promote its inheritance, innovation and transformation.
