Significant demand and key problems of membrane science and technology applying to pharmaceutical industry of Chinese materia medica / 中草药

ABSTRACT

To discuss the significant application for the membrane science and technology in the development of pharmaceutical industry of Chinese materia medica(CMM) in such aspects as obtaination of integrated effctive substances,transformation of traditional technology,reduction of power consumption, product safety,sewage treatment,and technological innovation.To analyze the major restrictions on the industrialization of CMM's membrane science and propose the corresponding measures.Currently,the development of macromolecule science and technology and the implementation of environmental-friendly strategy have advanced the technology of membrane to a new stage and thus offer the insurance to the integration of extraction,separation,concentration,and purification in traditional pharmaceutical production of CMM.Meanwhile,the technolgy of membrane separation has been widely used in the separation,concentration, and purification of macromolecule,which bears similar characteristics with traditional CMM.It is also a proof that the technology of membrane will improve the efficency of traditional CMM production when it is used in the pharmaceutical industry of CMM.