Comparison of ingredients between two water extractions of danggui kushen pills with or without solid-state fermentation / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the effects of the solid-state fermentation technology in extracting the ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Using Danggui Kushen pills as an example, four index ingredients of ferulic acid, matrine, matrine alkaloids and dry extract were compared comprehensively, and the difference between the two water extractions of fermented pills and unfermented pills was evalued.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The comprehensive evaluated result was that extraction of fermented pills was better than that unfermented.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The solid-state fermentation is conducive to the extraction of prescription of Danggui Kushen pills.</p>