Chinese herbal active ingredient extraction and separation technology

Author: Lu Yanhua
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The extraction and separation of active components or groups of active components from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are key and prerequisites for modern TCM research. This book first provides an overview of the techniques for extracting and separating active components of TCM, elaborating on the widely used chromatographic techniques and emerging technologies currently applied in separation and extraction. Then, following the structure of "Overview - Structural Classification - Physicochemical Properties" and "Identification - Extraction Methods - Separation and Purification Methods - Component Identification - Specific Compounds and Their Separation and Purification," it details the extraction and classification techniques for various types of compounds in TCM. Finally, it introduces standard extracts of TCM. The lead editor of this book possesses solid professional knowledge and practical experience. In the writing process, not only was the experience of predecessors drawn upon and a large number of new research findings compiled, but the editor also incorporated their own research experience. The book includes numerous case studies, emphasizing practical applications, and is suitable for professional technicians engaged in TCM research and production, as well as university teachers, senior undergraduate and graduate students in related fields, and technicians working in botany, agriculture, food, and natural resource research.