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Objective Three kinds of pretreatment methods were studied to compare and select the suitable pretreatment methods for Lycii Fructus (LF) reference standards to improve its crushing and packaging efficiency. Methods LF was treated by three pretreatment methods of decompression drying, liquid nitrogen freeze-drying, and freeze-drying. The difference of characteristic values before and after treatment was determined and compared with LF without pretreatment. The determination of characteristic values included the determination of moisture, content, etc. Results The water content of raw material of directly crushed LF was 6.4%, and the water content of the other three pretreated LF was 4.6%, 5.0%, and 5.2%, respectively. The content of polysaccharide and betaine in the raw material of directly crushed LF was 2.5% and 0.98%. The polysaccharide content of the other three pretreated LF was 2.6%, 2.8%, and 2.6%, respectively. The content of betaine was 0.94%, 1.00%, and 0.87% by the other three pretreatment methods. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the quality of LF obtained by the three pretreatment methods. Therefore, from an economic point of view, this paper recommended to use more affordable pretreatment method of decompression drying for LF. In addition, the pretreated raw materials of LF should be crushed and subpackaged as soon as possible, and the crushing and the dividing environment humidity should be strictly controlled at 20% to 30%, in order to improve the efficiency of crushing and dividing. Conclusion Based on the cost consideration, the decompression drying method is the most economical and effective of the three pretreatment methods. Therefore, the decompression drying method is recommended in actual work.
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Objective: To determine the water content and water phase distribution of Xiancao prescription effervescent granules by a more rapid, accurate and non-destructive low-field NMR instrument. Methods: The standard curve equation of water content and FID signal amplitude was fitted by calibrating the FID signal amplitude of four different mass of manganese chloride solutions. Three parts of Xiancao prescription effervescent granules were obtained by dry and wet granulation to test their FID signals and calculated the water content of dry and wet granulation by the fitting standard curve equation; Then the results were compared according to decompression drying of pharmacopeia standard. Results: The water content of effervescent tablets was convenient and rapid, and the result was stable and accurate. Compared with the standard decompression drying method, the water content measured by low field NMR instrument was less than 0.3%. Conclusion: Due to the decompression drying method can’t be Xiancao prescription effervescent granules within the bound water completely dry, sum of effervescent granules particles inside bound water and free water instrument is measured by low-field NMR, which can clearly show an effective method for the study of physical properties of three different phase water molecules in the process of drug manufacturing.