Quality Evaluation of Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus Based on Traditional Character Analysis / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To improve the quality evaluation method of Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus by the means of objective quantization of appearance character. METHODS: The height and diameter were measured by a vernier caliper. The color of powder was determined by a colorimeter based on the human eye observation. The content of total alkaloids was measured by the ultraviolet spectroscopy. Some correlation analysis between the content of total alkaloids and height, diameter, and △E value were evaluated by a SPSS software, respectively. RESULTS: There were a very significant negative correlation (P0.01) between height and the total alkaloids, a negative correlation between diameter and the total alkaloids, and no significant correlation between △E value and the total alkaloids. CONCLUSION: Because the content of total alkaloids could reflect the quality of Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus objectively, these RESULTS: of this study provide a scientific basis for the traditional ideas of “the smaller the best” and “the broken Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus could not be used as medicine” and affirm the traditional processing technology that “should not be washed by water”. Songbei was the best Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus of them all.