Studies on influence of microwave technique on the amount of baicalin infused from Scutellaria baicalensis.

OBJECTIVE: To study the influence of microwave technique on the amount of baicalin infused from Scutellaria Baiacalensis .METHODS:With some different infusing methods, powder radius of Chinese medicinal material, diffused time,output power microwave orthogonal test was carried out. Choose the best infusing test design. The amount of baicalin in the Scutellaria baiacalensis infusion was determined by UV. RESULTS:Influence of microwave technique on the amount of baicalin is superior to the general decocting method. CONCLUSION:Application of microwave technique in the chinese medicinal material infusion is a new method which is to save time and worth of spreading out.The amount of baicalin diffused from half amount of powder Scutellaria baiacalensis is larger than total amount of its prepared herbal medicine.The result is coincidence with the traditional chinese medical theory─amount of Zhu San (powder decoction) is reduced by half.