Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To explore the best parameters of processing Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix by bean curd.
METHODS Orthogonal testL
16(4
3) was adopted to investigate soaking time, decocting time and bean curd proportion on the processing technology, in which sixteen experiments were set up. The monoester alkaloids and diester-alkaloids were measured as the evaluation indexes.
RESULTS The contents of monoester alkaloids were 0.11%, 0.07%, 0.062% and 0.048% respectively under the four levels of soaking time; 0.081%, 0.066%, 0.074%, 0.067% respectively under the four levels of decocting time; 0.070%, 0.072%, 0.080%, 0.073% respectively under the four levels of bean curd proportion. The contents of diester-alkaloids of the 16 processed samples were all >0.034%. The order of the influence on the content of monoester alkaloids was:soaking time
CONCLUSION The best parameters of the processing are as follows:soaking time is 5 d, decocting time is 5 h and bean curd proportion is 25% of medicinal herbs.