Overview of extracting technique of compound Chinese materia medica / 中草药

ABSTRACT

As the key operation step in the production of compound Chinese materia medica (CMM) or the natural products, extracting technique not only directly affects the quality of CMM preparations, medicinal resource utilization, and clinical efficacy, but also relates to the development of Chinese pharmaceutical industry. On the basis of consulting literatures, extracting techniques appearing in recent five years are particularly reviewed in the traditional extracting method, new extracting technique, evaluating indicator, and process variable optimization. Further research application and development prospects of these extracting techniques are also suggested.