title: [Advances in studies on modification technology of traditional Chinese medicine powders].
abstract: Most of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) powders showed bad physical properties, such as poor flowability, high hygroscopicity, agglomeration and poor wettability, which will affect the production process and even the efficacy of Chinese materia medica preparations. The exact characterization of the physical properties of TCM powders and the reshaping technology become the key to improve the quality and efficacy of Chinese materia medica preparations and to promote the modernization process of TCM. This article summarizes the evaluation methods of the physical properties and the modification technology of TCM powders, in order to solve the problems existing in the research and production of Chinese materia medica preparations, and to achieve the quality control of drugs and modernization of dosage forms.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of New Drug Delivery System of Chinese Meteria Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Affiliated Jiangsu Province Hospital on Integration of Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China. yuyuxuan1991@163.com
authors.forename: Ya-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of New Drug Delivery System of Chinese Meteria Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Affiliated Jiangsu Province Hospital on Integration of Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China.
authors.forename: Zhen-Hai
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of New Drug Delivery System of Chinese Meteria Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Affiliated Jiangsu Province Hospital on Integration of Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China.
authors.forename: Yan-Rong
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of New Drug Delivery System of Chinese Meteria Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Affiliated Jiangsu Province Hospital on Integration of Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Bin
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Jia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002626:Chemistry, Pharmaceutical / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D011208:Powders / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D011208:Powders