炮山甲内掺假的鉴别

Identification of adulterated Pangolin scales

目的 防止掺假炮山甲进入临床使用。方法 在入库前验收时 ,把完整的和打碎的炮山甲分别用鼻闻、手摸、眼看、口尝等传统方法进行鉴别 ,发现有可疑的再用理化方法进行氯化物、钠盐、硫酸盐、铝盐、钾盐、苯甲酸、谷氨酸的鉴别反应作进一步鉴别 ,以确定掺假物性质。结果 目前发现不法商贩把食盐、芒硝、明矾、苯甲酸钠、味精掺入炮穿山甲内 ,以增加重量。结论 掺假炮山甲单凭传统性状鉴别较难判定 ,需结合理化方法识别炮山甲是否掺假和掺假物类别。

OBJECTIVE To prevent adulterated Pangolin scales to be used in clinic treatments. METHOD The Pangolin scales was smelt ,felt, seen ,tasted before it was stored in storeroom. If the suspicious substance was discoved, the discriminated reactions were carried on to determine which substance including chloride, sodium salt, sulphate, aluminate, sylvite,benzoic acid, or glutamicacid was adulterated into pangolin scales.RESULTS It was found that parched Pangolin scales were adulterated with salt, mirabilite. alum,sodium benzoate, and gourmet powder by lawless pedlars in order to increase medicine weight.CONCLUSION It is difficult to determine the adulterated substance with traditional methods, the physicochemical methods will help to determine the character of adulterated substance.