Chemical Mechanism Research during Chinese Medicine Processing

Chinese medicine processing is a traditional Chinese pharmaceutical technology, and it is also the main characteristic property that distinguish traditional Chinese medicine and natural medicine. There are complex chemical changes during the process of Chinese medicine processing, and these chemical constituents maybe the basis of clinical efficacy changes. To clarify the changes of the chemical constituents in Chinese medicine is the main purpose of the mechanism research of Chinese medicine processing. In recent years, many research institutions at home and abroad have done deeply research in chemical mechanism during the process of Chinese medicine processing, and initially clarify the chemaical reactions and chemical mechanisms during the process of Chinese medicine processing. The main chemical reactions occurred in the Chinese medicine processing are hydrolysis reaction, oxidation reaction, replacement reaction, isomerization reaction, decomposition reaction and so on. This paper reviewed the main achievements in the chemical mechanism research during the process of Chinese medicine processing, and prospected the research directions and future in the research of Chinese medicine processing.

Key words: Chinese medicine processing; process reaction; chemical constituents; mechanism