Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To optimize the concoction process of fried Cnidii Fructus and establish quality standard for fried Cnidii Fructus.
METHODS Eight components of diosimin, xanthotoxol, xanthotoxin, bergapten, isobergaten, imperatorin, osthole and isoimperatorin, were used as evaluating indicators. AHP-CRITIC composite entropy weighting method was used to assign weights to the indicator components to obtain a composite score. On the basis of single-factor investigation, the Box-Behnken response surface method was used to investigate the effects of three factors, dosage, frying time and frying temperature, on the quality of fried Cnidii Fructus were investigated through one-way examination combined with response surface methodology to optimize the process of frying Cnidii Fructus concoction. Investigated the characterization, microscopic feature, thin-layer identification, moisture, check items, extraction and content determination of fried Cnidii Fructus, and established a draft quality standard for fried Cnidii Fructus.
RESULTS The optimum process of fried Cnidii Fructus was as follows: drug dosage 30 g, fried temperature 103 ℃, fried time 25 min. The moisture content of the fried Cnidii Fructus ranged from 1.42% to 3.08%, the content of total ash ranged from 7.82% to 11.34%, the content of acid-insoluble ash ranged from 0.45% to 4.14%, and the content of leachate ranged from 9.56% to 16.08%. The total content of diosmin, xanthotoxol, imperatorin, and osthole was 5.61%−6.84%. After the study of quality standards, it was recommended that the moisture content of fried Cnidii Fructus should ≤5.0%; the total ash should ≤13.0%; the acid-insoluble ash should ≤5.0%; the content of leachate should ≥8.0%; and the total content of diosmin, xanthotoxol, imperatorin, and osthole should ≥5.0%, among which the content of osthole should ≥1.0%, diosmin should ≥1.5%, and the content of xanthotoxol should ≥0.03%.
CONCLUSION The processing technology of fried Cnidii Fructus is reliable and stable. The established quality standard of fried Cnidii Fructus can provide an experimental basis for standardising the concoction process and quality control of fried Cnidii Fructus.