title: [Comparison of ingredients between two water extractions of danggui kushen pills with or without solid-state fermentation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effects of the solid-state fermentation technology in extracting the ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The comprehensive evaluated result was that extraction of fermented pills was better than that unfermented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The solid-state fermentation is conducive to the extraction of prescription of Danggui Kushen pills.
authors.affiliation: Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China. wangyzi@sina.com
authors.forename: Yingzi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chunchao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Zhaowang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiumei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D005591:Chemical Fractionation / Q000379:methods*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005285:Fermentation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D014867:Water