Biochemical process engineerinmg and modernization of Chinese materia medica (Ⅰ) / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Some studies corresponding modernization of Chinese materia m edica(CMM)were performed in the institute for the new technologies,materials,and facilities based on the achievements and experiences gotten in the past two dec ades.The technologies of large-scale propagation of plant cell,tissue,and organ were applied to the products of cell metabolism,biotransformation,and artificial breeding and rooting.Many new types of large-scale bioreactors were designed an d used not only for laboratory but also for manufactory.Reaction/separation inte gration technology,microwave-assisted extraction,and the other new extraction te chnologies were studied to realize high efficiency and low energy.Besides tradit ional separation and purification methods,new technologies,including extraction in reversed micelles,one step three-phase extraction on Penicillin,foam fraction ation,membrane separation,and high-speed counter-current chromatography(HSCC),we re developed.HSCCC is a kind of liquid-liquid partition chromatography without a ny solid matrix,which eliminates irreversible adsorption of samples on solid sup port in the conventional chromatographic column.It has been successfully applied to the analysis and separation of various natural products.At the same time,man y types of microsphere and microencapsules for controlled release and separation media were prepared and lots of attention was paid on drug modifying and embedd ing techniques.HSCCC was also applied as a new method to the study of CMM finger print and showed good precision and repeatability.High performance liquid chroma tography(HPLC),gas chromatography(GC),high performance capillary electrophoresis (HPCE),and mass spectrometer(MS)played a very important role in fingerprinting.C ontinuous propagation-continuous collection technological process was set for la rge-scale propagation of micro-algae in the study of marine drugs.Transgenic alg ae were cultured to prduce genetically engineered products.