OBJECTIVE: To study on the effect of different extracting methods on the content determination of polysaccharide from Caulis Dendrobii.METHODS: Polysaccharide was extracted from Caulis Dendrobii respectively by reflux extraction,improved reflux extraction,ultrasound wave extraction and ultrasonic-assisted thermal reflux extraction.The content of polysaccharide was determined by phenol-sulfuric acid method.RESULTS: The determined results using these methods were as follows:(13.473?0.634)%,(15.692?0.743)%,(11.87?0.536)% and (16.29?0.407)%.CONCLUSION: The content determination of polysaccharide from Caulis Dendrobii was associated with the extraction method.The polysaccharide from Caulis Dendrobii could be extracted more thoroughly and rapidly by ultrasonic-assisted extraction technology.Therefore this method could be used to pretreat the sample in content determination of Caulis Dendrobili polysaccharide.

With the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus increasing year after year, the technology of drug screening of type 2 diabetes mellitus progress rapidly, from the level of animal screening to cellular and molecular screening model, from the traditional drug screening technology to high efficient and throughput screening. This paper will summarize the technology of drug screening in the therapy of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Animals ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ; drug therapy ; genetics ; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical ; methods ; Humans ; In Vitro Techniques