hardening under the atmospheric pressure dry conditions.
In this paper, drying the slice of Panax uses vacuum freeze-drying. Freeze drying
technology is not only for the high quality food, but also applys for the drying of
medicines. It can be best to preserve the activity of medicine,
maintain the better appearance, color, smells, dehydrated completely. Freeze-drying
technology is suitable for processing Chinese herbal medicines, and it has high add
value.
Freeze-drying is not carried out widely in the domestic. It is still confined to the
ginseng, deer horn, Tianma, Ganoderma,Cordyceps sinensis. There are still gaps and
shortcomings in Panax’s freeze-drying, especially the advantages and disadvantages of
freeze-drying processing of Panax, and the optimization of drying process when
compared with other drying methods.
Drawing on previous researchs, this thesis aims to explore the best freeze-drying
process of Panax slices,and further study the influence of the pre-treatment on the
quality of freeze-drying Panax, and disscuss the results of different drying methods in
Panax. The method of extraction active ingredients is also studied. To improve and
enhance the quality of Panax slices,specific contents and results are as follow:
1) The eutectic point temperature and inclusive point temperature of Panax is
measured by DSC, it provides the basis for the setting of freeze-drying process
parameters. According to the experiment, the freeze-drying Panax parameters can be
determined.Obtain the better freeze-drying technology by the index of ingredient
ginsenoside Rg1 and then do same comprehensive evaluation of senses and water
recovery, and ultimately determines the appropriate the Panax freeze-drying technology:
slices
thickness of 1mm, pre-freezing temperature of -25 ℃, drying time of 3h, the secondary
drying temperature is 40 ℃. Vacuum maintaines at 40 Pa or less. The study also found
that the larger thickness of slices can reduced the content of active ingredient.
2) Compare the different drying methods on the quality of Panax slices.The study
include the content of the active ingredients of Panax drying, porosity, internal micro-
structure, re-water quality and sensory characteristics under the three optimums of hot
air drying, vacuum drying and freeze drying methods.Study found that: the quality of
Panax slices in three drying methods is: vacuum freeze-drying> Hot air drying> vacuum
drying.Discuss the reason in order to improve the quality of Panax.
3)Study the different pre-treatments on the quality of freeze-drying Panax.
Different pre-treatments include blanching, steam fumigation, acupuncture and so
on.Take the comprehensive assessments such as the active ingredient content, internal
structure, pore distribution, rehabilitation, sensory characteristics. Acupuncture
treatment shows the best quality of the products.
4) Extracting effective components by the ultrasonic assisted extraction method. To
determine the content of the active ingredient with vanillin - perchloric acid colorimetric
method. The result shows that 12 times with 70% ethanol, ultrasonic intensity 59KHz,
60min extraction processing can extracted the highest rates of the active ingredients.
Key Word: Panax, vacuum freeze-drying, hot air drying ,vacuum