Optimization of Water Extraction Technology of Medicinal Material in Lian-wei Anacyclus Formulation / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE:To optimize the water extraction process of medicine in lian-wei anacyclus prescription. METHODS:Composite score of polysaccharide content and raw polysaccharide were set as investigation index,the different adding water amount,extracting times and extraction duration were set as investigation factors,and L9(34)orthogonal test were conducted to op-timize the water extraction technology of medicine in lian-wei anacyclus prescription and verification test was carried out. RE-SULTS:Extracting times had the most significant effect on the investigation index;the most optimized process was as follows as 12 times of adding water amount,2.0 h of extracting times,3 times of extraction. The average content of polysaccharide was 36.34μg/ml(RSD=0.24%,n=3)in the verification test,and the average content of raw polysaccharide was 10.18%(RSD=0.65%, n=3). CONCLUSIONS:The optimized technology is reasonable,feasible and reproducible,and can provide reference for the dos-age form transformation.

Analysis on chemical components of volatile oil and determination of thymoquinone from seed of Nigella glandulifera / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To analysis chemical components of volatile oil from the seed of Nigella glandulifera (NG), comparing them with those from the seed of foreign N. sativa (NS) and N. damascene (ND), and to quantify thymoquinone in the volatile oil extracted by hydrodistillation (HD) from the seed of NG.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The volatile oil was extracted by supercritical CO2 extraction (SFE-CO2 ) and HD from the seed of NG and its chemical components was analysed by GC-MS, the relative percentage of components were determined by peak aera normalization method and compare with those of the seed of NS and ND. The content of the thymoquinone in the volatile oil was determined by one point external standard method.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>In terms of the volatile compounds, p-cymene is the major component of NG and NS, their relative percentage contents are 33.75% and 61.48%, respectively. beta-Elemene is the major component of ND, its relative percentage content is 73.24%. The relative percentage contents of thymoquinone are 3.73% (HD), 3.80% and 0.08% in NG, NS and ND, respectively. Linoleic acid is a major component of volatile oil by SFE-CO2 in NG, but its content of p-cymene is lower. The absolute percentage content of thymoquinone is 1.58% by HD in volatile oil of NG.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>There are comparatively large differences of volatile components in NG, NS and ND.</p>